Assam

Assam ([æˈsæm], pronunciation ; 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 অসম
State
Seal
Location o Assam in Indie
Map o Assam
Coordinates (Dispur): 26.14°N 91.77°E / 26.14; 91.77
Kintra	Indie
Region	Northeast Indie
Established	15 August 1947; 77 years ago (1947-08-15)
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 shares internaitional borders wi Bhutan an Bangladesh; an culturs, fowks an climate wi Sooth-East Asie – important elements in Indie’s Leuk East policy.^[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.