Upper Assam - division of Assam, India

Upper Assam is a region in Assam, India.

Cities

  • Dibrugarh ๐Ÿ“ โ€” Home to several parks, gardens and temples.
  • Digboi โ€” Home to the first Asian petroleum refinery with an oil museum and heritage wells.
  • Golaghat ๐Ÿ“ โ€” An old urban centre for Assam, but nevertheless home to wildlife sanctuaries and a UNESCO-listed national park, beautiful views amid ancient ruins, and sacred Hindu and Christian sites from the 17th and 19th centuries.
  • Jorhat ๐Ÿ“ โ€” Considered by some to be the cultural centre of Assam and the last capital of the mighty Ahom kingdom.
  • Majuli โ€” Claimed to be the largest river island in the world.
  • Sibsagar (Sivasagar) โ€” The nerve centre and the capital of the Kingdom of Assam under the Ahom Dynastyโ€“earlier known as Rongpur; the region has several palaces, temples, large tanks, ramparts, etc.
  • Tinsukia ๐Ÿ“ โ€” famous for its endless stretches of tea gardens.

Other destinations

  • Dibru-Saikhowa National Park โ€” A wonderful habitat of numerous birds; there are feral horses on the islands of the Brahmaputra close to the park.
  • Kaziranga National Park โ€” A World Heritage Site of UNESCO, it is the largest habitat for one-horned rhinoceros and several other unique flora and fauna. Kaziranga is a grassland on the bank of the Brahmaputra; roughly 200 km east of Guwahati.
  • Lakhimpur โ€”

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Upper Assam division

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