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Jowai

Jowai

hill station · Meghalaya

State
Meghalaya
Type
Hill Station

The Myntdu river wraps around three sides of the plateau this town sits on, which is the most striking thing about a place that is otherwise a working district headquarters, with colleges and hospitals and students coming in from Assam and Bangladesh, about 50 km north of the border. This is Pnar country, a sub-tribe of the Khasi, and daughters inherit the family property here. At 1,365 metres the summers stay warm and the winters run cool to chilly. Use it as a base for the Jaintia Hills rather than as a sight in itself.

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Pnar townMyntdu river plateauDaughters inherit propertyJaintia Hills base

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