Digboi
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Place details
- Locality
- Digboi
- Region
- Assam
- Country
- India
- Population
- 21,736
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Digboi
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Digboi Centenary Museum 04.JPG
- Settlement.image_alt
- Photo of Digboi Centenary Museum at Digboi
- Settlement.image_caption
- Digboi Centenary Museum
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Assam#India
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Assam, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Assam
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Tinsukia district
- Elevation
- +165
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Image
- Digboi Centenary Museum 04.JPG
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
12 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Digboi Refinery
- Geography
- Demographics
- Education
- Colleges
- Places of interest
- Politics
- See also
- References
- External links
Digboi (IPA: ˈdɪgˌbɔɪ) is a city and a Digboi Municipal Corporation in Tinsukia district in the north-eastern part of the state of Assam, India.
Crude oil was discovered here in late 19th century and first oil well was dug in 1866. Digboi is known as the Oil City of Assam where the first oil well in Asia was drilled. The first refinery was started here as early as 1901. Digboi has the oldest oil well in operation in India. With a significant number of British professionals working for Assam Oil Company until the decade following independence of India, Digboi had a well-developed infrastructure and a number of bungalows unique to the town. It has an eighteen holes golf course as part of the Digboi Club. It has guest houses and tourist residential apartments laid to promote tourism in upper Assam.