District profile

Lower Subansiri District of Arunachal Pradesh is located in between 92º40΄ and 94º21΄ East Longitude and 26º55΄ and 28º21΄ North Latitudes. In the North the District is bounded by Kurung-Kumey District and some part of Upper Subansiri District, West Siang District and some part of Upper Subansiri District is touching to the Eastern side, Papumpare District and State of Assam to the south and Kurung Kumey and Papumpare Districts to the Western side.The river Subansiri, a tributary of Brahmaputra river had provided the name of the district as a undivided huge Subansiri district.The Lower Subansiri District covers approximately an area of 3,460(Approx) Sq. km. The topography of the District is mostly mountainous terrain, where the hill range varies approximately from 1000 to 1600 meters above sea level. A greater part of its falls within the Higher mountain Zone consisting of tangled peaks and valleys. Nature has gifted the heart land of the District in the form of magnificent plateau at above 1564 meters above sea level, where District Headquarter, Ziro is located.