Diphu
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Place details
- Locality
- Diphu
- Region
- Assam
- Country
- India
- Population
- 61,797
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Key facts
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.demographics1_title1
- Official
- Settlement.name
- Diphu
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Diphu hills.JPG
- Settlement.image_alt
- Diphu Hills
- Settlement.image_caption
- Diphu Hills
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Assam#India
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Assam, India
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- India
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Assam
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Karbi Anglong
- Settlement.established_date
- 1951
- Settlement.founder
- Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council in 1951
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipality
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Diphu () is a town in the Karbi Anglong district of the state of Assam, India. It is the meeting place of the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council and the headquarters of Karbi Anglong district.
==Etymology== The word Diphu comes from Dimasa language, 'Di' stands for 'clear liquid/water', and 'Phu' means 'to pass through', meaning a place where 'clear river passes through'. Historically, it is said that the stream in Diphu carries large amounts of sediment during the rainy season, giving it a whitish colour, hence its name. However, the rivulet from which the town derived it name has lost its beauty, due to urbanisation, encroachment, lack of regulations, and proper oversight.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Diphu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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