Haflong
Sign in to saveHaflong is a town in, and the headquarters of the Dima Hasao district (formerly North Cachar Hills) of the northeastern Indian state of Assam. It is the only hill station in the state.
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Place details
- Locality
- Haflong
- Region
- Assam
- Country
- India
- Population
- 43,756
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Haflong
- Settlement.other_name
- The White Ant Hills Town
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Synod view point, Haflong.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- A bird's eye view of Haflong town from Synod view point (altitude: 593 mt amsl approx).
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Assam#India#Asia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Assam
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Dima Hasao
- Settlement.governing_body
- Haflong Municipal Board
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 12.79
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 966.216
- Settlement.population_total
- 43756
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Dima Hasao district
- Area
- 12.79
- Elevation
- 512
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Capital of
- Dima Hasao district
- Image
- Haflong Lake.jpg
- Dialing code
- 3673
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- postal code
- 788819
- Commons category
- Haflong
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Geography
- Demographics
- Population
- Languages
- Tourism
- Government and politics
- References
- External links
Haflong is a town in, and the headquarters of the Dima Hasao district (formerly North Cachar Hills) of the northeastern Indian state of Assam. It is the only hill station in the state.
==Etymology== Haflong is a Dimasa word meaning ant hill.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Haflong” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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