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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Lower Siang district
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'''Lower Siang district''' (Pron:/ˈsjæŋ or ˈsɪæŋ/) is one of the 25 administrative districts in the state of [[Arunachal Pradesh]], [[India]]. The new district was carved out of [[West Siang district|West Siang]] and [[East Siang district|East Siang]] districts and declared operational on 22 September 2017 and became the 22nd district of Arunachal Pradesh.

==History==
The creation of Lower Siang district was approved by the Arunachal Pradesh government of [[Nabam Tuki]] on 21 March 2013.<ref name="ToI-4new-approved">{{cite web|title=Arunachal clears bill for four new districts|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Arunachal-clears-bill-for-four-new-districts/articleshow/19120040.cms|website=The Times of India|date=22 March 2013}}</ref>

The [[Government of Arunachal Pradesh]] approved creation of Lower Siang along with three other new districts in January 2013. Its territory was carved out of [[West Siang district|West Siang]] and [[East Siang district|East Siang]] districts.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Arunachal-to-get-four-new-districts/articleshow/18041666.cms|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130704113703/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-16/guwahati/36373386_1_new-districts-changlang-west-siang|url-status=live|archive-date=2013-07-04|title=Arunachal to get four new districts|date=2013-01-16|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=2013-01-16}}</ref>

The official formation of Lower Siang was delayed over disagreement upon the location of its headquarters.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140808/jsp/northeast/story_18696898.jsp#.VC6lWL7PYTM |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006083407/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140808/jsp/northeast/story_18696898.jsp#.VC6lWL7PYTM |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 October 2014 |title=New district |date= 8 August 2014 |work= [[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]|accessdate=3 October 2014}}</ref> On 22 September 2017 the commencement of operation of Lower Siang district, with [[Likabali]] as the temporary headquarters, was approved by the government led by Chief Minister [[Pema Khandu]].<ref name="TelInd-starts">{{cite web|last1=Lepcha|first1=Damien|title=Lower Siang starts functioning|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170923/jsp/northeast/story_174524.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201032925/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170923/jsp/northeast/story_174524.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 December 2017|website=The Telegraph India|date=23 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Khandu Cabinet approves Operation of Lower Siang District with HQ Likabali|url=http://arunachal24.in/khandu-cabinet-approves-operation-of-lower-siang-district-with-hq-likabali/|website=Arunachal24.in|date=22 September 2017}}</ref> On 16 March the Arunachal assembly selected Siji as the headquarters.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-16 |title=Arunachal: Siji is selected for permanent dist hq of Lower Siang |url=https://arunachal24.in/arunachal-siji-is-selected-for-permanent-dist-hq-of-lower-siang/ |website=arunachal24.in |language=en-IN}}</ref>

==Administration==
The Lower Siang District is composed of [[Likabali (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Likabali]] and [[Nari-Koyu (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nari-Koyu]] Assembly Constituencies.

== Demographics ==
Lower Siang had a population of 22,630. Scheduled Tribes make up 17,865 (78.94%).<ref name="districtcensus1">{{Cite journal |title=West Siang |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/12/1206_PART_A_DCHB_WEST%20SIANG.pdf |journal=2011 Census of India |series=District Census Handbooks - Arunachal Pradesh |publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India}}</ref><ref name="districtcensus2">{{Cite journal |title=East Siang |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/12/1207_PART_A_DCHB_EAST%20SIANG.pdf |journal=2011 Census of India |series=District Census Handbooks - Arunachal Pradesh |publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India}}</ref>

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|title=Religions in Lower Siang district (2011)<ref name="Religion">{{cite web |title=C-16 Population By Religion – Arunachal Pradesh|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW00C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=census.gov.in |publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India}}</ref>
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{{bar percent|[[Christianity in Arunachal Pradesh|Christianity]]|blue|41.81}}
{{bar percent|[[Donyi-Polo]]|red|37.46}}
{{bar percent|[[Hinduism]]|darkorange|19.05}}
{{bar percent|[[Islam]]|green|0.99}}
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.69}}
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===Languages===
At the time of the 2011 census, 71.98% of the population spoke [[Gallong language|Galo]], 5.14% [[Nepali language|Nepali]], 3.84% [[Boro language (India)|Bodo]], 3.60% [[Adi people#Language|Adi]], 3.23% [[Bengali language|Bengali]], 2.55% [[Assamese language|Assamese]], 2.26% [[Hindi]], 2.23% [[Mising language|Adi Miniyong]] and 1.25% [[Mising language|Mishing]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

==References==
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{{Geographic location
|Centre = Lower Siang district
|North = [[West Siang district]]
|Northwest = [[Upper Subansiri district]]
|East = [[East Siang district]]
|Southeast =
|South = [[Dhemaji district]], Assam
|Southwest =
|West = [[Lower Subansiri district]]
}}

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{{coord missing|Arunachal Pradesh}}

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