East Khasi Hills is an administrative district in the state of Meghalaya in India. The district headquarters are located at Shillong. The district occupies an area of 2752 km2 and has a population of 825,922 (as of 2011). , it is the most populous district of Meghalaya's 12 districts.
The former Khasi Hills district was divided into East and West Khasi Hills districts on 28 October 1976. On 4 June 1992, East Khasi Hills District was further divided into two administrative districts of East Khasi Hills District and Ri-Bhoi District.
Shillong is the district headquarters of East Khasi Hills District.
East Khasi Hills District forms a central part of Meghalaya and covers a total geographical area of 2,748 km2. It lies approximately between 25°07" & 25°41" N Lat. And 91°21" & 92°09" E Long.
The north of the district is bounded by the plain of Ri-Bhoi District gradually rising to the rolling grasslands of the Shillong Plateau interspersed with river valleys, then falls sharply in the Southern portion forming a deep gorges and ravines in Mawsynram and Shella-Bholaganj, community and rural development block, bordering Bangladesh. The district is bounded by the Jaintia Hills District to the east and the West Khasi Hills District to the west.
The East Khasi Hills District is mostly hilly with deep gorges and ravines on the southern portion. The most important physiographic features of the district is the Shillong Plateau interspersed with river valley, then fall sharply in the southern portion forming deep gorges and ravine in Mawsynram and Shella-Bholaganj bordering Bangladesh. Shillong peak, 10 km from the city, offers a panoramic view of the scenic country side and is also the highest point in the district as well as in the State.
The climate of the district ranges from temperate in the plateau region to the warmer tropical and sub-tropical pockets on the Northern and Southern regions. The whole of the district is influenced by the south-west monsoon which begins generally from May and continues till September.
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The Khasi Hills (ˈkɑːsi) are a low mountain formation on the Shillong Plateau in the Meghalaya state of India. The Khasi Hills are part of the Garo-Khasi-Jaintia range and connect with the Purvanchal Range and larger Patkai Range further east. The Khasi Hills, and the whole Garo-Khasi-Jaintia range, are in the Meghalaya subtropical forests ecoregion. The Khasi Hills, and the entire Meghalaya state, was administratively part of Assam before 1970. In older sources in particular, the alternative transcription Khasia Hills is seen.
Les Khasis (खासी) sont un groupe ethnique de langue môn-khmer habitant : en Inde dans les États du Meghalaya (notamment dans les districts des monts Khasi), de l'Arunachal Pradesh, de l'Assam, du Bengale-Occidental, du Maharashtra, du Mizoram, du Tamil Nadu et du Tripura et les Îles Nicobar, où ils sont au nombre de . au Bangladesh, où ils sont . Traditionnellement, les Khasis parlent la langue khasi et aussi l'anglais et l'hindi. Les Khasi appartiennent à un sous-ensemble des Wa, qui peuplaient autrefois toute cette région.
Cherrapunji - également écrit Cherrapunjee - est une ville de l'État de Meghalaya dans le Nord-Est de l'Inde. Cet endroit serait le plus pluvieux de la planète. Cherrapunji est localisée aux coordonnées . Son altitude moyenne est de s. La pluviométrie moyenne annuelle est de sur les années. Cela le place derrière Mawsynram, l'endroit le plus arrosé de la terre, avec une pluviométrie annuelle moyenne de et derrière le Mont Waialeale avec . Cherrapunji est dans le livre Guinness des records pour deux records : La pluviométrie la plus forte sur une année : entre le et le .