Cities & towns of the Northeast
Not just where to holiday — where to live, work and do business. Full guides to the capitals, commercial hubs and gateway towns of all eight states.
Assam
Guwahati
The gateway city of the Northeast
The largest city and commercial capital of the entire region.
Dibrugarh
The Tea City of India
The commercial heart of Upper Assam, ringed by tea and oil.
Jorhat
Cultural capital of Assam & gateway to Majuli
Tea, literature and the ferry to the world's largest river island.
Tezpur
The city of eternal romance
Ancient legend, sculpture and the gateway to Arunachal & Kaziranga.
Silchar
The heart of the Barak Valley
Assam's second city and the gateway to the southern hills.
Tinsukia
Trade town of the far east
A busy commercial junction on the edge of Upper Assam.
Nagaon
Central Assam's granary town
A fertile heartland town near Kaziranga.
Bongaigaon
Industrial & rail hub of Lower Assam
A petro-chemical and railway town gateway to western Assam and Bodoland.
Meghalaya
Shillong
State capital — the Scotland of the East
India's music capital, a breezy colonial hill station.
Tura
Capital of the Garo Hills
The green heart of western Meghalaya.
Jowai
Capital of the Jaintia Hills
Waterfalls, monoliths and living root bridges of the Jaintia country.
Arunachal Pradesh
Itanagar
State capital
The young capital named after an ancient brick fort.
Pasighat
The oldest town in Arunachal
Where the mighty Siang enters the plains.
Tezu
Gateway to the far-eastern valleys
The base for Parasuram Kund and the Mishmi Hills.
Bomdila
Hill town on the Tawang road
Apple orchards, monasteries and Himalayan views.
Nagaland
Kohima
State capital
Hill capital of a WWII turning point and the Hornbill Festival.
Dimapur
The commercial capital & gateway
Nagaland's only city on the plains, its trade and transport hub.
Mokokchung
Cultural centre of the Ao Nagas
The vibrant hill town of the Ao country.
Mon
Land of the Konyak
The home of the tattooed Konyak warriors.
Manipur
Imphal
State capital
The 2,000-year-old seat of the Meitei kings.
Thoubal
The valley's agrarian heartland
Rice fields, rivers and Meitei rural life.
Ukhrul
Hill home of the Tangkhul & the Shirui lily
The valley of a flower found nowhere else on earth.
Moreh
India's gateway to Myanmar
The trading town on the eastern frontier.
Tripura
Agartala
State capital
The elegant royal capital of the Manikya kings.
Udaipur
The temple town of Tripura
The old Manikya capital and a great Shakti Pitha.
Dharmanagar
Gateway town of North Tripura
A busy railhead and trading town in the north.
Kailashahar
The town beside Unakoti
The base for Tripura's great rock-cut wonder.
Sikkim
Gangtok
State capital
A spotless Himalayan capital under Kanchenjunga.
Namchi
Capital of South Sikkim
Giant statues, char dham and Kanchenjunga views.
Ravangla
A serene hill retreat of South Sikkim
The great Buddha Park under the Himalaya.
Mangan
Gateway to North Sikkim
The base for Lachen, Lachung and the high valleys.