China renames 30 places in Arunachal Pradesh

China has renamed 30 locations along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the northeastern   

• India considers Arunachal Pradesh an integral part of its territory.
• China refers to Arunachal Pradesh as Zangnan and claims it as part of South Tibet.

Indian state, reports said.

The Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs, responsible for establishing and naming administrative divisions, issued the fourth list of “standardized” geographical names in Arunachal Pradesh, referred to as Zangnan by Beijing, according to a report from a Hong Kong-based newspaper.

The list of renamed places includes 11 residential areas, 12 mountains, four rivers, one lake, one mountain pass, and a piece of land.

The names are presented in Chinese characters, Tibetan, and pinyin, the Roman alphabet version of Mandarin Chinese. Additionally, the ministry provided detailed latitude and longitude coordinates along with a high-resolution map.

According to the South China Morning Post, the ministry stated, “Under the relevant provisions of the State Council [China’s cabinet] on the management of geographical names, we, in conjunction with the relevant departments, have standardized some of the geographical names in Zangnan of China.”