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Most of the oilfields are located in the Eastern Assam region. Assam has four oil refineries in Digboi (Asia's first and world's second refinery), Guwahati, Bongaigaon and Numaligarh and with a total capacity of 7 million metric tonnes (7.7 million short tons) per annum.
Presently, Assam is the 3rd largest producer of petroleum (crude) and natural gas in the country accounting for 16% and 8% respectively of the total production of this mineral in the country. A Tertiary coal belt is located in Tinsukia , Dibrugarh , Sivasagar , Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao districts with an estimated reserve of 370 million tonnes.
Assam – 16th largest, ... Location of Assam. Assam is situated within the following regions: Northern Hemisphere; Eastern Hemisphere. Eurasia. Asia.
Location Area (km²) Date/Year of announced as National Park 1 Kaziranga National Park: Golaghat, Nagaon district and Karbi Anglong: 1090 1974 2 Manas National Park: Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baksa, 500 1990 3 Nameri National Park: Sonitpur: 200.00 1999 4 Dibru-Saikhowa National Park: Dibrugarh and Tinsukia: 340.00 1999 5 Orang National Park: Darrang ...
The Brahmaputra Valley (also Assam Valley) is a region situated between hill ranges of the eastern and northeastern Himalayan range in Eastern India.. The valley consists of the Western Brahmaputra Valley covering the regions of Goalpara and Kamrup; the Central Brahmaputra Valley region covering Darrang, Nagaon and the North Bank and Eastern Brahmaputra Valley comprising districts of Sonitpur ...
Assam Province was a province of British India, created in 1912 by the partition of the Eastern Bengal and Assam Province. Its capital was in Shillong . The Assam territory was first separated from Bengal in 1874 as the 'North-East Frontier' non-regulation province .
Assam is one of the highest tea-producing areas in the world, contributing 80% of India's export and 55% of the country's total tea production. So high is the production of tea in Assam that it is the biggest industry in the state. The headquarters of the Assam Branch Indian Tea Association (ABITA) is located at Guwahati.
Dima Hasao is a hill district of Assam with full of natural beauties. The headquarters of Dima Hasao Haflong is a beautiful hilly town and the only hill station of Assam. The village of Jatinga is famous for mysterious suicides of birds and Ethnic Village. Some of the notable tourism places are Umrangso, Panimur Falls, Maibang, Tumjang Trek at ...