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Assam

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Assam , state (2001 provisional pop. 26,638,407), c.30,000 sq mi (77,700 sq km), extreme NE India. Dispur is the capital. Almost completely separated from India by Bangladesh, Assam is bordered by Nagaland and Manipur on the east, Mizoram , Tripura , and Meghalaya on the south, Arunachal Pradesh and Bhutan in the north and west and West Bengal in the west. The terrain consists largely of hill plains and some hilly ranges in the south. The river valleys, particularly those of the Brahmaputra and Surma, contain the richest soil and support most of the people. The r... Read more

Assam
...an area of 30,285 sq mi (78,438 sq km), Assam borders Bhutan and Bangladesh and Arunachal...century. In the division of India (1947), Assam lost some territory to Pakistan. Beginning...Pradesh—were created from land within Assam. The Brahmaputra River valley is its dominant... Read more

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