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Built since 1972, Arunachal s pleasantly green, tailor-made capital is named for the mysterious Ita Fort whose residual brick ruins crown a hilltop 500 village road breckenridge co above town. There s a stack of ATMs in Mahatma Gandhi Marg, along with several internet cafes.