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Arunachal Pradesh is a thinly populated hilly tract laying roughly between
the latitude 26o28'N and 29o30'N and longitudes
91o30'E and 96o30'E on the north-east extremity
of India comprising roughly 83,573 kilometer square of area. The Pradesh
is known to be rich in flora, fauna, power and mineral potential.
Previously this region was known as the North East Frontier Agency (NEFA)
which was constitutionally a part of the state of Assam. Arunachal Pradesh
is bounded by independent countries on the three sides and by Assam
and Nagaland in the south. It has Bhutan on its west, the Tibet region
of China on its northern border and Myanar (formerly Burma) on the eastern
border.
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