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.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Tirap Division 1
Tirap Frontier Division canonical 1
Tirap division 1

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Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
former administrative unit
administrativeCenter Khonsa
administrativeRole border administration
tribal area governance
administrativeStatus frontier division of NEFA
borderWith Assam
Myanmar
Naga Hills region
linked to: Naga Hills
capital Khonsa
country India
dissolvedInPeriod later 20th century
establishedInPeriod mid 20th century
ethnicallyInhabitedBy Naga tribes
Nocte people
Tangsa people
Wancho people
geographicalFeature forested area
hilly terrain
governedBy Governor of Assam (as agent of the President of India)
linked to: Governor of Assam
historicalRegion North-East Frontier Tracts
languageRegion Tibeto-Burman languages
locatedIn eastern Himalayan border region
eastern Himalayas
linked to: Eastern Himalayas

present-day Arunachal Pradesh
namedAfter Tirap River
partOf North-East Frontier Agency
predecessor Tirap Frontier Tract
strategicImportance Indo-Myanmar border security
successor Changlang district
Longding district
Tirap district

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North-East Frontier Agency contains Tirap Frontier Division
Tirap district partOf Tirap Division
linked to: Tirap Frontier Division
Longding district partOf Tirap division
linked to: Tirap Frontier Division