Tirap Frontier Division

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Tirap Frontier Division was an administrative subdivision in India’s former North-East Frontier Agency, located in the eastern Himalayan border region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
former administrative unit
administrativeCenter Khonsa NERFINISHED
administrativeRole border administration
tribal area governance
administrativeStatus frontier division of NEFA
borderWith Assam NERFINISHED
Myanmar NERFINISHED
Naga Hills region NERFINISHED
capital Khonsa NERFINISHED
country India
dissolvedInPeriod later 20th century
establishedInPeriod mid 20th century
ethnicallyInhabitedBy Naga tribes
Nocte people NERFINISHED
Tangsa people NERFINISHED
Wancho people NERFINISHED
geographicalFeature forested area
hilly terrain
governedBy Governor of Assam (as agent of the President of India) NERFINISHED
historicalRegion North-East Frontier Tracts NERFINISHED
languageRegion Tibeto-Burman languages NERFINISHED
locatedIn eastern Himalayan border region
eastern Himalayas NERFINISHED
present-day Arunachal Pradesh
namedAfter Tirap River NERFINISHED
partOf North-East Frontier Agency NERFINISHED
predecessor Tirap Frontier Tract NERFINISHED
strategicImportance Indo-Myanmar border security
successor Changlang district NERFINISHED
Longding district NERFINISHED
Tirap district NERFINISHED

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North-East Frontier Agency contains Tirap Frontier Division