Editing Miao, Arunachal Pradesh (section)

==Geography and climate==
Miao is located at {{Coord|27.49|N|96.20|E|}}.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.google.com/maps/place/27%C2%B029'26.8%22N+96%C2%B011'47.7%22E/@27.4897016,96.190191,15.44z|title = 27°29'26.8"N 96°11'47.7"E|publisher = Google Maps|access-date = December 20, 2023}}</ref>

Miao is located in a region where it gets one of the heaviest rainfall in north-east India. The noa-dihing is the most important river flowing through Miao. The mountain range is called Patkai Bum and is the eastern extension of the [[Himalayas]].

The tall forests make the region a good haven for [[smuggling|smugglers]]. The Miao region covers the towns of [[Diyun]] and [[Chowkham]]. Diyun is the stronghold of the Chakmas and Chowkham to the Khamptis. Chowkham has generated wealth from the [[plywood]] business to a degree that once it was the richest village in Asia.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://dspace.nehu.ac.in/bitstream/1/4037/2/Planning%20%26%20Socio-economic%20development.pdf|title=Planning & Socio-Economic Development of the Tribals|last=Behera|first=M. C.|publisher=Commonwealth Publishers|year=1994|isbn=8171693156|location=New Delhi|pages=3|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216070348/http://dspace.nehu.ac.in/bitstream/1/4037/2/Planning%20%26%20Socio-economic%20development.pdf|archive-date=2017-12-16}}</ref> Though it is low in literacy, most of the people here boast of spunky cars.{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}} It is a small town, but it is well connected by road and has a transport station with a bus available daily.