Dispur

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Dispur
Suburb
The Secretariat of Assam
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Coordinates: 26°8′23″N 91°47′33″E / 26.13972°N 91.79250°E / 26.13972; 91.79250
Country	India
State	Assam
Region	Western Assam
District	Kamrup Metropolitan
Government
• Type	Mayor-Council
• Body	Guwahati Municipal Corporation
• Governor / Chancellor	Gulab Chand Kataria
Elevation	55–290 m (180−955 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	534,872
Language
• Official	Assamese[1]
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	781005
Telephone code	91 - (0) 361 - XX XX XXX
ISO 3166 code	IN-AS
Vehicle registration	AS - 01
Climate	Cwa

Dispur (/dɪsˈpʊər/,^[2] Assamese: [ˈdispuɹ] ^ⓘ) is the capital of the Indian state of Assam and is a suburb of Guwahati.

It became the capital in 1973, when Shillong the erstwhile capital, became the capital of the state of Meghalaya that was carved out of Assam.

Dispur is the seat of power of Government of Assam. The Assam Secretariat (Janata Bhawan) building is located in Dispur along with the Assam Legislative Assembly House, MLA Hostels and the State Emergency Operations Centre. The Assam Trunk road and the G S road pass through Dispur. To the south of Dispur lies the theologically important site of Basistha Ashram and the Shankardev Kalakshetra, a cultural centre created in the 1990s. Next to Dispur is the township of Jatia.

The Guwahati Tea Auction Centre, one of the busiest tea trading facilities in the world, is located in the city.