Golaghat

The history of this area dates back to the 9th century, but the city's name is much more recent. Golaghat is a city of five streams — the Dhansiri River and four tributaries — so not surprisingly, the city's name means "shop at the ferry landing", memorialising the Marwari shops that were established in the mid-20th century on the Dhansiri. Golaghat remains a place of business. Other industries include tea growing and tourism. The climate is sub-tropical and humid. Humidity is usually greatest in the morning. Summers, winters and monsoons are the three main seasons. Summers have much more rainfall than winters. The average temperature and rainfall for the year are 24.0 °C and 1960 mm.