Papum Pare district (Pron:/ppm p or p:e/) is an administrative district in the state of Arunachal Pradesh in India. As of 2011 it is the most populous district of Arunachal Pradesh (out of 20).The district was formed in 1999 when it was split from Lower Subansiri district.The district headquarters are located at Yupia. Papum Pare district occupies an area of 2,875 square kilometres (1,110 sq mi).[4] The capital of the state is Itanagar, which is also located in Papum Pare.The district is divided into two sub-divisions: Sagalee and Yupia Capital complex, which are further divided into 10 administrative circles, namely, Mengio, Leporiang, Sagalee, Toru, Kimin, Doimukh, Balijan, Tarasso, Naharlagun and Itanagar. There are 3 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly constituencies located in this district: Itanagar, Doimukh and Sagalee. All of these are part of Arunachal West Lok Sabha constituency.
