# Thingbu
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| image_caption = [Arunachal Pradesh](/source/Arunachal_Pradesh), India
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Arunachal Pradesh, India
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| subdivision_name1 = [Arunachal Pradesh](/source/Arunachal_Pradesh)
| subdivision_type2 = [District](/source/List_of_districts_of_India)
| subdivision_name2 = [Tawang district](/source/Tawang_district)
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'''Thingbu''' is a settlement in [Tawang district](/source/Tawang_district) in the [north-eastern state](/source/Northeast_India) of [Arunachal Pradesh](/source/Arunachal_Pradesh), [India](/source/India).
== Location ==
It is located on the proposed {{convert|2,000|km|mi|adj=mid|-long}} Mago-Thingbu to [Vijaynagar](/source/Vijaynagar%2C_Changlang) [Arunachal Pradesh Frontier Highway](/source/Mago-Thingbu_to_Vijaynagar_Border_Road) along the [McMahon Line](/source/McMahon_Line),[{{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}}][{{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}}][{{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}}][{{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}}] 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].[{{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}}]
==Demographics==
Thingbu is a small village occupied by the [Monpa](/source/Monpa_people) 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](/source/Tawang_district) (TMCTL Road) as part of [Arunachal Frontier Highway](/source/Arunachal_Frontier_Highway), rises from Tawang (6,000 ft) to Thingbu [HQ](/source/Community_development_block) and [Mago](/source/Mago%2C_Tawang) in the east, and [Chuna](/source/Chuna%2C_Arunachal) and [Tulung La](/source/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.[[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.]
==See also==
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* [North-East Frontier Agency](/source/North-East_Frontier_Agency)
* [List of people from Arunachal Pradesh](/source/List_of_people_from_Arunachal_Pradesh)
* [Religion in Arunachal Pradesh](/source/Religion_in_Arunachal_Pradesh)
* [Cuisine of Arunachal Pradesh](/source/Cuisine_of_Arunachal_Pradesh)
* [List of institutions of higher education in Arunachal Pradesh](/source/List_of_institutions_of_higher_education_in_Arunachal_Pradesh)
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== References ==
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Category:Villages in Tawang district
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