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Map of districts of Assam, coloured by division:- Green: Lower Assam, Purple: North Assam, Yellow: Central Assam, Orange: Barak Valley, Red: Upper Assam. Assam, a northeastern state of India, is divided into 35 administrative geographical units called districts. Assam has 35 districts.
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 (/ ə ˈ s æ m, æ ˈ s æ m / ə-SAM, a-SAM; [13] [14] Assamese: ⓘ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of 78,438 km 2 (30,285 sq mi).
Districts of Assam. Districts of Assam – Assam had 27 districts till 15 August 2015 after which the Chief Minister of Assam Tarun Gogoi announced 5 more new districts taking the total no of districts to 32. [6] [7] On 8 September 2016, Assam got 33rd district as Majuli (1st river island district of India) Barpeta district - Barpeta
In 1874, Assam was constituted as a Chief Commissioner's province with the seat of the government in Shillong, the erstwhile capital of Assam, which is now in Meghalaya.To better administer the six districts of Goalpara, Kamrup, Sonitpur, Nagaon (formerly, Nowgong), Sivasagar (formerly, Sibsagar) and Lakhimpur, (the districts in the Brahmaputra valley, also called Assam Valley), the Judge of ...
For a detailed map of all disputed regions in South Asia, see Image:India disputed areas map.svg Internal borders The borders of the state of Meghalaya, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh are shown as interpreted from the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971, but has yet to be verified.
The entire work of this article is based on "Census of India", conducted by "The Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India" under Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. According to the data from the Census of 2011, there are 28 districts, 58 sub-divisions and 84 municipal towns in the state of Assam. [1]
Location map of Assam. Please note these that any parts of the map showing disputed territory show the de-facto situation. Geographic limits of the map: 28.05°N; 24.07°N; 89.60°E; 96.10°E; Date: 27 May 2013: Source: Own work: Author: Assam_locator_map.svg: by User:Planemad; derivative work: User:Milenioscuro