Tezu

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Tezu
Town
Tezu Location in Arunachal Pradesh, India Show map of Arunachal Pradesh Tezu Tezu (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 27°55′N 96°10′E / 27.92°N 96.17°E / 27.92; 96.17[1]
Country	India
State	Arunachal Pradesh
District	Lohit
Established	1946
Government
• Type	Democratic
• Body	Independent politician, as per 2019 elections
• Rank	5th after Aalo, Pasighat, naharlagun, Itanagar
Elevation	185 m (607 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	18,184
• Rank	5th
• Density	17/km2 (40/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	IN-AR
Vehicle registration	AR-11

Tezu is a census town and the headquarters of Lohit district in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. It is the fifth largest town in Arunachal Pradesh and one of its most developed.

Tezu is one of the 60 constituencies of Legislative Assembly of Arunachal Pradesh. The current MLA (May 2019) of Tezu constituency is Karikho Kri. He is an independent candidate.^[2]