Dibrugarh Tourism - Assam

About Dibrugarh The largest tea exporting town in India, Dibrugarh is the headquarters of Dibrugarh District in Assam and is at the northern-most tip of the state. Situated on the banks of the River Brahmaputra, it is the gateway to the three tea producing districts of Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, and Jorhat. These three areas account for approximately 50% of India s Assam tea crop and this gives Dibrugarh its rightly earned name as the ‘Tea city of India’. Dibrugarh is also the education hub of upper Assam. With Dibrugarh University, Assam Medical College and numerous other institutes of repute it is a major contributor to the education front in Assam. The historic John Berry White Medical School established in 1914 was the first centre for formal medical education in North East India. Dibrugarh is also the gateway to some districts of Arunachal Pradesh.