Upper Assam is a region in Assam, India.
Cities
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Map of Upper Assam
- 1 Dibrugarh — Home to several parks, gardens and temples.
- 2 Digboi
— Home to the first Asian petroleum refinery with an oil museum and heritage wells. - 3 Golaghat — 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.
- 4 Jorhat — Considered by some to be the cultural centre of Assam and the last capital of the mighty Ahom kingdom.
- 5 Majuli — Claimed to be the largest river island in the world.
- 6 Sibsagar (Sivasagar) — The nerve centre and the capital of the Kingdom of Assam under the Ahom Dynasty–earlier known as Rongpur; the region has several palaces, temples, large tanks, ramparts, etc.
- 7 Tinsukia — famous for its endless stretches of tea gardens.
Other destinations
[edit]- 1 Dibru-Saikhowa National Park — A wonderful habitat of numerous birds; there are feral horses on the islands of the Brahmaputra close to the park.
- 2 Kaziranga National Park — 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 (120 mi) east of Guwahati.
- 3 Lakhimpur —