A high plateau town and Apatani cultural landscape, known for terraced paddy fields, pine-covered hills, villages and traditional ecological knowledge.
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Ziro is a high plateau town in Lower Subansiri district and the cultural homeland of the Apatani people. Terraced wet-rice fields, traditional villages, pine-covered hills and an intricate water-management system distinguish the valley. The combination of cultivated landscape and living cultural knowledge has made Ziro one of Arunachal Pradesh’s most recognisable mountain destinations.
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