Bongaigaon (Assamese: Bengali: ) is a city and the administrative headquarters and municipal board of Bongaigaon District, Assam, India.It is considered to be the Fifth largest city of Assam after Guwahati,Jorhat,Dibrugarh and Silchar with a population of 1,60,550.The city, divided into two parts - Old Bongaigaon and New Bongaigaon, is situated 180 kilometres (112mi) north west of Guwahati. To meet the demands of Bodos of Assam, Bongaigaon was recently carved up to give way for Chirang district. Bongaigaon has a major petrochemical industry, the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL BGR). The decision of the Government of Assam was taken in 1989, to create a new District of Bongaigaon curving out some areas of the Goalpara and Kokrajhar District with its headquarter located at Bongaigaon. On 29 September 1989, the creation of Bongaigaon District was declared by the Government of Assam with its headquarter at Bongaigaon. The original Goalpara district was first...
