West Siang district

West Siang is an administrative district in the state of Arunachal Pradesh in India.HistoryIn 1989 territory was given from West Siang to the East Siang district. Since 1999, this territory has been in the new Upper Siang district. Archaeological finds from Malinithan site in West Siang are on displayed at the Jawaharlal Nehru Museum, Itanagar. west siang is now been divided into upper siang and lower siang.GeographyThe district headquarters are located at Aalo. West Siang district occupies an area of 8325km2, comparatively equivalent to Crete.TransportThe 2,000km proposed Mago-Thingbu to Vijaynagar Arunachal Pradesh Frontier Highway along the McMahon Line, (will intersect with the proposed East-West Industrial Corridor Highway) and will pass through this district, alignment map of which can be seen here and here.DivisionsThere are seven Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly constituencies in this district: Liromoba, Likabali, Basar, Along West, Along East, Rumgong, and Mechuka. The first six are part of Arunachal West Lok Sabha constituency, while Mechuka is part of Arunachal East Lok Sabha constituency.