Ziro
Sign in to saveZiro is a town in and the district headquarters of the Lower Subansiri district of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. The part of the town which is the centre of economic activities and where the administrative offices are located is called Hapoli, or locally known by the Apatanis as "Hao-Polyang". Ziro is home to the Apatani tribe. Ziro is included in the Tentative List for UNESCO's World Heritage Site for the Apatani cultural landscape.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ziro
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- A cross section of luch green valley of Ziro.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- A cross-section of the lush green valley of Ziro
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Arunachal Pradesh#India
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Arunachal Pradesh, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Lower Subansiri
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 1,688
- Settlement.population_total
- 12,806
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.demographics_type1
- Languages
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Lower Subansiri district
- Elevation
- 1700
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Capital of
- Lower Subansiri district
- Image
- Paddy fields at Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh.jpg
- Dialing code
- 37892
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- postal code
- 791120
- Commons category
- Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Transport
- Road
- Rail
- Air
- Climate
- Demography
- Languages
- Culture
- Apatani culture
- UNESCO world heritage cultural sites
- Education
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Ziro is a town in and the district headquarters of the Lower Subansiri district of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. The part of the town which is the centre of economic activities and where the administrative offices are located is called Hapoli, or locally known by the Apatanis as "Hao-Polyang". Ziro is home to the Apatani tribe. Ziro is included in the Tentative List for UNESCO's World Heritage Site for the Apatani cultural landscape.
Ziro is 115 km from the state capital, Itanagar, 112 km from North Lakhimpur in Assam and 96 km from Naharlagun railway station. Indian Air Force's ALG airstrip is at Ziro.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ziro” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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