Monday 27 April 2015

NORTH EASTERN STATES ARUNACHAL PRADESH

NORTH EASTERN STATES

ARUNACHAL PRADESH

Area: 83,743 sq. km

Latitude: 28˚ N

Population: 10, 96,702

Longitude: 94˚ 30’ E

Capital: Itanagar

Major Languages: Nishing, monpa, Mizi, Wanchu, Aanka, Digaru, Mishmi.

Situation: it shares the international boundaries with Bhutan, Tibet, China, Myanmar in the west, northeast, north and east respectively, and the state boundaries with Assam and Nagaland. It became the 24th state of Indian Union on 20th February 1987.

ASSAM


Area: 78, 438 sq. km

Latitude: 26˚ 12’ N

Longitude: 93˚ 18’ E

Population: 2,66, 38,407.

Principal language: Assamese

Capital: Dispur

Situation: Assam is most strategically situated close to India’s International borders with as many as three countries, i.e., Bhutan, Myanmar and Bangladesh. It is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh in North, Nagaland and Manipur in the cast, Tripura, Mizoram and Meghalaya in the south and West Bengal and Bangladesh in the west.

·         The Kaziranga National Park and the Manas Tiger Project (National Park) are internationally famous for one horned Rhino and Royal Bengal Tiger respectively.


·         Presently four oil refineries have been working in the state including the one at Digboi.

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