Thingbu

{{Use Indian English|date=January 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox settlement

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'''Thingbu''' is a settlement in Tawang district in the north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, India.

== Location ==

It is located on the proposed {{convert|2,000|km|mi|adj=mid|-long}} Mago-Thingbu to Vijaynagar Arunachal Pradesh Frontier Highway along the McMahon Line,<ref name=BR1>{{cite web|title=Top officials to meet to expedite road building along China border|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Top-officials-to-meet-to-expedite-road-building-along-China-border/articleshow/44831871.cms|work=Dipak Kumar Dash|publisher=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|accessdate=27 October 2014}}</ref><ref name=BR2>{{cite web|title=Narendra Modi government to provide funds for restoration of damaged highways

|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-narendra-modi-government-to-provide-funds-for-restoration-of-damaged-highways-2020106|work=|publisher=dnaindia.com|accessdate=27 October 2014}}</ref><ref name=BR3>{{cite web|title=Indian Government Plans Highway Along Disputed China Border|url=https://thediplomat.com/2014/10/indian-government-plans-highway-along-disputed-china-border/|work=Ankit Panda|publisher=thediplomat.com|accessdate=27 October 2014}}</ref><ref name=BR4>{{cite web |url= http://www.livemint.com/Politics/nqEwdXxkIgrSHPpTSzsFRN/Govt-planning-road-along-McMohan-line-in-Arunachal-Pradesh.html |title= Govt planning road along McMohan line in Arunachal Pradesh: Kiren Rijiju |publisher= Live Mint |accessdate= 2014-10-26}}</ref> alignment map of which can be seen [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20141016/nat7.jpg here] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20160306112247/http://arunachalpradesh.nic.in/images/state_map.jpg here].<ref name=BR5>{{cite web |url= http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20141016/nation.htm|title=China warns India against paving road in Arunachal|work=Ajay Banerjee|publisher=tribuneindia.com|accessdate= 2014-10-26}}</ref>

==Demographics==

Thingbu is a small village occupied by the Monpa tribe and consists of 58 households.

==Culture==

Main festivals: Losar, Gandan Ngamchod etc.

Religion: Buddhist.

Dress: Traditional Shinka, Totung, Tenga-kime, Khichin, etc. ( for women). Khanjar, Chhuba, Totung, etc. (for men)

==Climate==

Heavy snowfall occurs during the months of December, January and February.

==Transport==

Tawang-Mago-Chuna-Tulung La Road (TMCTL Road) as part of Arunachal Frontier Highway, rises from Tawang (6,000 ft) to Thingbu HQ and Mago in the east, and Chuna and Tulung La (17,000 ft, with a memorial of India's 4 Assam Rifles soldiers killed n Ambush by China in October India October 1975) further northeast, was turned into black-topped motorable road in 2025. Earlier it was a narrow mule track.<ref name=tmc1>[https://www.timesnownews.com/opinion/india/magochuna-link-how-bros-latest-road-ensures-troop-mobility-and-strengthens-indias-border-preparedness-article-152647933 ], Times Now News, 3 Sept 2025.</ref>

==See also==

{{Portal|Geography|Asia|India}} {{div col}} * North-East Frontier Agency * List of people from Arunachal Pradesh * Religion in Arunachal Pradesh * Cuisine of Arunachal Pradesh * List of institutions of higher education in Arunachal Pradesh {{div col end}} {{clear}}

== References == {{Reflist}}

Category:Villages in Tawang district