Jowai also known as Jwai is the headquarters of Jaintia Hills district of the state of Meghalaya in India. Jowai is the home of the Pnar tribe. It is a scenic place located on a plateau surrounded on three sides by the Myntdu river bordering Bangladesh to the south (about 50km from the India-Bangladesh border). Situated at an altitude of 1380 m above sea level. It also serves as a business and education hub of the entire district having students from all over the district bordering the state of Assam and even the country of Bangladesh. It has schools, colleges and hospitals and other amenities for a town. Jowai is well connected by road to Shillong which is 60km away. The city of Jowai lies on the National Highway 44 which connects Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram and even some parts of Manipur where the road can be linked with the only route to Lamka (Churachandpur) in Manipur. There are buses but the most popular mode of transport in the district is the Tata Sumo and the Tata...
