Editing Tirap district (section)

== Geography ==
Tirap district occupies an area of {{convert|2362|km2|sqmi}},<ref name='Reference Annual'>{{cite book | last1 = Srivastava, Dayawanti et al. (ed.) | title = India 2010: A Reference Annual | chapter = States and Union Territories: Arunachal Pradesh: Government | edition = 54th | publisher = Additional Director General, Publications Division, [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)]], [[Government of India]] | year = 2010 | location = New Delhi, India | pages = 1113 | isbn = 978-81-230-1617-7}}</ref> comparatively equivalent to Canada's [[Cornwall Island (Nunavut)|Cornwall Island]].<ref name='Islands'>{{cite web | url = http://islands.unep.ch/Tiarea.htm | title = Island Directory Tables: Islands by Land Area | access-date = 2011-10-11 | date = 18 February 1998 | publisher = [[United Nations Environment Program]] | quote = Cornwall Island 2,358km2 | archive-date = 1 December 2015 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20151201081219/http://islands.unep.ch/Tiarea.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref>
The elevation ranges from 200 meters in the northwest to 4,000 meters in the [[Patkai]] Hills. After bifurcation the district occupied an area of 1,170 square km.