Merapani is a town and a

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Golaghat district Golaghat district (Pron:ˌgəʊləˈgɑ:t) is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. It attained district status in 1987. The district headquarters are located at Golaghat. The district occupies an and lies above sea level. ...

in the state of

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

and

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. Half of Merapani lies in the

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district of Nagaland and Half lies in Golaghat District of Assam. There is a Border Magistrate Office in Merapani, Wokha. The Nagaland Seed Farm is also in Merapani. The dominant tribe of Merapani are the

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. Since 2000s many Bangladeshi illegal immigrants has settled in Merapani thereby changing the whole social structure of the town.http://www.eastern-today.com/entries/assam/merapani-gets-subdivision-nod Politically, Merapani falls under 40th Bhandari Assembly Constituency of Nagaland. In almost all General Elections, Merapani has been the

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town of 40th Bhandari Assembly constituency and has voted for the winning candidate every time. Mmhonlumo Kikon of

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is present MLA.

Geography

Merapani is located at .

Notable people

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, Indian Gorkha leader

References

{{reflist Cities and towns in Golaghat district