| 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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