1. Capital: Dispur
2. Assam is an agricultural State.
3. The principal food crop is rice.
4. The cash crops are jute, tea, cotton, oilseeds, sugarcane, potato, etc.
5. Assam is known for her rich forest wealth which constituted 26.22 percent of
the total forest area.
6. The State has five National Parks and eleven wildlife sanctuaries: The
Kaziranga National Park and the Manas Tiger Project (National Park) are
internationally famous for one horned Rhino and Royal Bengal Tiger
respectively.
7. Presently four oil refineries have been working in the state including the one at
Digboi
8. A Central Institute for Plastic Engineering Technology (CIPET) has been
established at Amingaon near Guwahati.
9. The major power stations are Chandrapur Thermal Project, Namrup Thermal
Project and a few Mobile Gas Turbine Units along with a mini hydro-electric
project.
10. The regular civil air services operate from Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi Airport
(Guwahati), Salonibari (Tezpur), Mohanbari (Dibrugarh), Kumbhirgram (Silchar),
Rawriah (Jorhat) and Silonibari (North Lakhimpur).
11. Bihu is the chief festival celebrated on the three occasions.
12. Rongali Bihu or Bohag Bihu marks the advent of the cropping season and it also
ushers in the Assamese New Year.
13. Bhogali Bihu or Magh Bihu is the harvest festival and Kati Bihu or Kongali
Bihu coming in autumn is a simple affair.
14. Kamakhya temple, Umananda (Peacock Island), Navagraha (temple of nine
planets), Basistha Ashram, Dolgobinda, Gandhi Mandap, State Zoo, State Museum,
Sukreswar temple, Gita Mandir, Madan Kamdev temple, a magnificent
archaeological place of interest, and Saraighat bridge.
15. Governor: Jagdish Mukhi
16. C.M.: Sarbananda Sonowal 
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