On December 29, 2021, China's Ministry of Civil Aviation Affairs announced that in accordance with the
relevant regulation of the State Council on the management of geographical names, the Ministry and relevant
departments have standardized some geographical names in Arunachal Pradesh. The Chinese media report
disclosed that of the 15 places whose names have been changed, eight of them are residential areas, four of
them are mountain peaks, two rivers and one Mountain Pass. Along with the changes in places names, they
have also carried out virtual administrative divisions of these places under the Chinese counties and
prefectures namely, Cuona County of Shannan Prefecture, Medog County of Nyingchi Prefecture and Longzi
County of Shannan Prefecture
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