Dawki or Dauki is a town in

West Jaintia Hills district West Jaintia Hills (Pron: ˈʤeɪnˌtɪə) is an administrative District in the state of Meghalaya in India. The united district (Jaintia Hills District) was created on 22 February 1972 and occupied an area of 3819 km2. It had a population ...

Meghalaya Meghalaya (, or , meaning "abode of clouds"; from Sanskrit , "cloud" + , "abode") is a states and union territories of India, state in northeastern India. Meghalaya was formed on 21 January 1972 by carving out two districts from the state of As ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

Geography

It is located at , on the border between

and

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

Dawki Border-crossing

Dawki Integrated Check Post or ''Dawki border crossing'' is on Dawki-Tamabil is one of the few road border crossings between

and

in West Jaintia Hills district in the state of Meghalaya, India, the corresponding post in Bangladesh is Tamabil post. Dawki ICP foundation stone was laid in January 2017 and will become operation in 2-18.Dawki ICP foundation stone laid
It is used mainly for coal transportation to

. Some 500 trucks cross the border every day in peak season. Some shared transport is available from Iewduh in

Shillong Shillong () is a hill station and the capital of Meghalaya, a Indian state, state in northeastern India, which means "The Abode of Clouds". It is the headquarters of the East Khasi Hills district. Shillong is the list of most populous cities in ...

to the border post at Dawki every morning. Buses are also available for the journey from Shillong. On the other side inside

the

Tamabil Tamabil ( bn, তামাবিল) is a hilly area in Sylhet on the border between Bangladesh and the Indian state of Meghalaya about 5 km from Jaflong. It stands on the Sylhet-Shillong Road some 55 km from Sylhet town in Banglade ...

bus station, away, has regular bus service to

Sylhet Sylhet ( bn, সিলেট) is a metropolitan city in northeastern Bangladesh. It is the administrative seat of the Sylhet Division. Located on the north bank of the Surma River at the eastern tip of Bengal, Sylhet has a subtropical climate an ...

away.

Places of interest

Dawki Bridge, is a suspension bridge over the

Umngot River The Umngot River, also known as the Dawki River and Wah Umngot, is a river which flows through Dawki, a little town located at the bottom of the Jaintia Hills in West Jaintia Hills district in the Indian state of Meghalaya. The town is relatively ...

. It was constructed in 1932 by the British.http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0010632 Dawki Suspension Bridge Boating in Dawki

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About Dawki

Cities and towns in West Jaintia Hills district Bangladesh–India border crossings West Jaintia Hills district {{meghalaya-geo-stub

Geography

Dawki Border-crossing

Places of interest

See also

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