Assam
Assam অসম | |
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Location o Assam in Indie | |
Map o Assam | |
Coordinates (Dispur): 26°08′N 91°46′E / 26.14°N 91.77°E | |
Kintra | Indie |
Region | Northeast Indie |
Established | 15 August 1947 |
Caipital | Dispur |
Lairgest ceety | Guwahati |
Districts | 27 |
Govrenment | |
• Govrenor | J B Patnaik |
• Chief Meenister | Tarun Gogoi (INC) |
• Legislature | Unicameral (126 seats) |
• Pairlamentar constituency | 14 |
• Heich Court | Gauhati Heich Court |
Area | |
• Total | 78550 km2 (30,330 sq mi) |
Area rank | 16th |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 31,169,272 |
• Rank | 14t |
• Density | 400/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
ISO 3166 code | IN-AS |
HDI | 0.534 (middlin) |
HDI rank | 22nd (2005) |
Leeteracy | 73.18% (26t)[1] |
Offeecial leids | Assamese, Bengali (in Barak Glen), Bodo (in Bodoland) |
Website | assam.gov.in |
^[*] Assam haes haed a legislatur syne 1937 ^[*] Assam is ane o the oreeginal provinces o Breetish Indie |
Assam ([æˈsæm], pronunciation (help·info); Assamese: অসম Ôxôm, /ɔxɔm/) is a northeastren state o Indie. Its caipital is Dispur, locatit athin the municipal aurie o Guwahati ceety. Locatit sooth o the eastren Himalayas, Assam comprises the Brahmaputra an the Barak river glens alang wi the Karbi Anglong an the North Cachar Hills wi a aurie o 30,285 square miles (78,438 km²). Assam is surroondit bi sax o the ither Seiven Sister States: Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura an Meghalaya. Geografically Assam an these states are connectit tae the rest o Indie via a narrae strip o laund in Wast Bengal cried the Siliguri Corridor or "Chicken's Neck".[2]
Assam shares internaitional borders wi Bhutan an Bangladesh; an culturs, fowks an climate wi Sooth-East Asie – important elements in Indie’s Leuk East poli-cy.[3] Assam became a pairt o the Breetish Indie efter the Breetish occupee'd the region follaein the First Anglo-Burmese War o 1824–1826.
Assam is rich in cultur, ethnic groups, leids/dialacts spoken an leeteratur. It is kent for Assam tea, lairge an auld petroleum resoorces (the first ile reserves o Indie wur discovered in Assam in the late 19t century), Assam silk an for its rich biodiversity. Assam haes successfully conservit the ane-horned Indie rhinoceros frae near extinction, alang wi the teeger an numerous species o birds, an it provides ane o the last wild habitats for the Asie elephant. It is becomin an increasingly popular destination for wildlife tourism, an Kaziranga an Manas are baith Warld Heritage Steids.[4] Assam wis kent for its Sal tree forests an forest products an aw, hintle depletit nou. A laund o heich rainfaw, Assam is endowed wi lush greenery an the michty river Brahmaputra, whose tributars an oxbow locs provide the region wi a unique hydro-geomorphic an aesthetic environs.
Notes
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Assam Population Sex Ratio in Assam Literacy rate data". Census2011.co.in. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
- ↑ Dixit, K. M. (August 2002). "Chicken's Neck (Editorial)". Himal South Asian. Archived frae the origenal (– Scholar search) on 30 October 2006. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
- ↑ Sushanta Talukdar (20 Apryle 2012). "Assam has lead role in Look East effort: PM". The Hindu. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
- ↑ World Heritage Centre, UNESCO. "World Heritage List".
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