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The '''Khasi Hills''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɑː|s|i}} is a low mountain formation on the [[Shillong Plateau]] in [[Meghalaya]] state of [[India]]. The Khasi Hills are part of the Garo-Khasi-Jaintia range and connects with the [[Purvanchal Range]] and larger [[Patkai Range]] further east. Khasi Hills, and the whole Garo-Khasi-Jaintia range, are in the [[Meghalaya subtropical forests]] ecoregion.<br />
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Khasi Hills, and the entire Meghalaya state was administratively part of [[Assam]] before 1970. In older sources in particular, the alternative [[transcription (linguistics)|transcription]] '''Khasia Hills''' is seen.<ref>{{cite book|last=Sarkar|first=A.B. Chaudhuri & D.D.|title=Megadiversity conservation : flora, fauna, and medicinal plants of India's hot spots|year=2003|publisher=Daya Publishing House|location=Delhi|isbn=8170353017}}</ref><br />
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The region is inhabited mainly by tribal [[Khasi people|Khasi]] dwellers, which are traditionally in various chieftainships, states known as the [[Khasi Hill States]]. One of its capitals, [[Cherrapunji]], is considered one of the wettest places in the world.<ref name=bbc>{{cite news<br />
| first = Subir<br />
| last = Bhaumik<br />
| title = World's wettest area dries up<br />
| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2977169.stm<br />
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| work = South Asia News<br />
| publisher = BBC<br />
| location = Calcutta<br />
| date = 2003-04-28<br />
| access-date = 2008-02-21<br />
}}</ref><br />
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The region came under the Khasi Hills district, which was divided into [[West Khasi Hills]] and [[East Khasi Hills]] districts on 28 October 1976.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bhattacharjya|first=Umasaday|title=Local government in Khasi Hills|publisher=Vivek, 1980|pages=263|url=https://books.google.com/?id=UJgmAAAAMAAJ&q=khasi+hills&dq=khasi+hills|year=1980}}</ref><br />
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The highest peak is Lum Shyllong which is {{convert|1968|m|ft}} high.<ref>{{cite book|last=Karlsson|first=Bengt G.|title=Unruly hills : a political ecology of India's northeast|year=2010|publisher=Berghahn Books|location=New York|isbn=0857451049}}</ref> It is situated a few kilometers south of [[Shillong]] town.<ref>{{cite book|last=Riggins|first=ed. by Stephen Harold|title=Beyond Goffman : studies on communication, institution, and social interaction|year=1990|publisher=Mouton de Gruyter|location=Berlin [u.a.]|isbn=3110122081}}</ref><br />
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== Administration ==<br />
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Administratively, the Khasi Hills used to be a part of the Khasil Hills district.<ref>{{cite book|last=Shangpliang|first=Rekha M.|title=Forest in the life of the Khasis|year=2010|publisher=Concept Pub. Co.|location=New Delhi|isbn=8180696677}}</ref> The district was divided into [[East Khasi Hills district]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://eastkhasihills.gov.in/ | title=East Khasi hills | publisher=Government of India | access-date=15 August 2012}}</ref> and [[West Khasi Hills district]] on 28 October 1976. On 4 June 1992, the [[Ri-Bhoi District]] was carved out of the East Khasi Hills District.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Garo Hills]]<br />
*[[Khasi and Jaintia Hills]]<br />
*[[Patkai]]<br />
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*{{ cite journal | last=Yule | first=Henry | author-link=Henry Yule | year=1844 | title=Notes on the Khasia Hills, and people | journal=Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal | volume=14 Part 2, Jul-Dec| issue=152 | pages=612–631 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40125685 }}<br />
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