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Country
  
India

District
  
Lohit district

ISO 3166 code
  
IN-AR

Elevation
  
1,240 m

State
  
Arunachal Pradesh

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+05:30)

Vehicle registration
  
AR

Dong, Arunachal Pradesh

Dong is a small village in Dong valley of Lohit district, Arunachal Pradesh, India. It is mistakenly popular as the easternmost village in the country, near the point where India, China and Myanmar meet as it is the location of a peak where tourists climb up to at 3 am to see the sun rise, it is not the easternmost place but it is one of the eastern-most places accessible by car. The last village on the India-China border in Arunachal Pradesh is Kaho, India, which lies just north of Kibithu on the banks of Lohit River.

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Map of Dong 792104

Location

Dong lies at the junction of the Lohit River and the Sati (or Sai Ti) stream at an elevation of 1,240 metres (4,070 ft).

Tourism

The Dong valley is unspoiled and has great natural beauty.

Demographics

The village, with just three huts, can be reached on foot from Walong in a 90-minute climb. The children go to school in Walong. The local people grow rice, makai and maize and raise pigs and chickens.

Transport

The 2,000-kilometre-long (1,200 mi) proposed Mago-Thingbu to Vijaynagar Arunachal Pradesh Frontier Highway along the McMahon Line, (will intersect with the proposed East-West Industrial Corridor Highway) and will pass through this district, alignment map of which can be seen here and here.

References

Dong, Arunachal Pradesh Wikipedia


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