Tourism Northeast, Travel to Northeast, Northeast Travel Guide, Northeast Tour Packages, Northeast Hotel » Jaintia Hills http://tourismnortheast.org tourismnortheast.org provides Tourism In Northeast, Northeast Tourism Guide, Northeast Travel Tourism Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:15:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Jaintia Hills http://tourismnortheast.org/2010/02/jaintia-hills/ http://tourismnortheast.org/2010/02/jaintia-hills/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:12:26 +0000 admin http://tourismnortheast.org/?p=172 The headquarter of Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya is Jowaiof. Jowaiof is linked with Silchar and Shillong via National Highway 44. The headquarters of the five blocks of Meghalaya are well connected by roadways. Some major places like Garampani, Khanduli and Dawki are linked by motorable roads. Another important route is the Jowai-Amlarem-Dawki road, which is now declared a National Highway. Khliehriat has become a well developed township. The other places that are showing progress include the Ladrymbai area. Rented cars and buses are available to reach Jowai.
The Jaintia Hills is situated between the Bangladesh plains on the south and the Brahmaputra valley in Assam on the north. The physiographical features of Jaintia Hills and Khasi Hills are quite similar. But the topography of Jaintia Hills is more flat. The Marangksih peak, the highest peak of Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya, is located on the Eastern plateau. It has a height of 1631 meters above the mean sea level. The height of Jaintia Hills at Meghalaya ranges between 1050 meter to 1350 meter.

]]> http://tourismnortheast.org/2010/02/jaintia-hills/feed/ 1 Jaintia Hill in Meghalaya http://tourismnortheast.org/2010/01/jaintia-hill-in-meghalaya/ http://tourismnortheast.org/2010/01/jaintia-hill-in-meghalaya/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:14:49 +0000 admin http://tourismnortheast.org/?p=150 The home of the Jaintia tribes, forming the eastern part of the Meghalaya, is the Jaintia Hills. The Jaintia Hills District in Meghalaya was created in Feb. 22, 1972. Bestowed by nature with bountiful of rainfall, smiling sunshine, green surroundings, high plateaus, bewildering valleys, rippling rivers, cascading waterfalls and magical streamlets, the Jaintia Hill displays some of the most alluring sights of Meghalaya. The beauty around the hill district is an unforgettable aesthetic-feast to every visitor.
Jaintia Hills is a picturesque town circled by the majestic Myntdu River in Meghalaya.

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