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| name                     = Guwahati

| other_name               = Guvahati (medieval)<br />Gauhati (anglicised)

| settlement_type         = [[Metropolis]]

| image_skyline           = {{Photomontage

| image_caption           = From top, left-to-right: Guwahati Aerial View, Guwahati Ropeway car, Guwahati Club Area, [[Guwahati Planetarium]], [[Guwahati railway station]], [[Kamakhya Temple]], [[Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium]]

| image_seal               =  

| seal_alt                 =  

| nicknames               = Gateway to Northeast India,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/sep/28/insider-guide-guwahati-gateway-india-northeast|title=An insider's guide to Guwahati: more than just a gateway to India's northeast|work=The Guardian|date=28 September 2015|access-date=5 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004215757/http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/sep/28/insider-guide-guwahati-gateway-india-northeast|archive-date=4 October 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> City of Temples, Light of the East<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kamrupmetro.nic.in/indexmain.asp |title=Kamrup Metro District |publisher=Kamrup(M) District Administration |access-date=5 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911190123/http://kamrupmetro.nic.in/indexmain.asp |archive-date=11 September 2015}}</ref>

| image_map               = GMC-MAP-1.png

| map_alt                 =  

| map_caption             = Guwahati Metropolis Map

| pushpin_map             = India Assam#India

| pushpin_label_position   =  

| pushpin_map_alt         = Kamrup

| pushpin_map_caption     = Map of Assam

| coordinates             = {{coord|26|10|20|N|91|44|45|E|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type         = Country

| subdivision_name         = {{Flag|India}}

| subdivision_type1       = [[States and territories of India|State]]

| subdivision_name1       = [[Assam]]

| subdivision_type2       = [[List of regions of India|Region]]

| subdivision_name2       = [[Lower Assam]]

| subdivision_type3       = [[List of districts of India|District]]

| subdivision_name3       = [[Kamrup Metropolitan district]]

| established_title       = <!-- Established -->

| established_date         =  

| founder                 =  

| named_for               =  

| government_type         = [[Municipal Corporation]]

| governing_body           = [[Guwahati Municipal Corporation]]

| leader_title2           = Municipal Commissioner

| leader_name2             = Devashish Sharma, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]

| leader_title3           = Police Commissioner

| leader_name3             = Hitesh Roy, [[Assam Police|APS]]

| area_footnotes           = <ref name='Guwahati City'>{{cite web|title=Guwahati City|url=https://gscl.assam.gov.in/information-services/guwahati-biodiversity}}</ref><ref name="The Telegraph">{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150101/jsp/northeast/story_6181.jsp#.VffzEfmqpBc |title=Magisterial powers for Guwahati top cop |work=The Telegraph|access-date=15 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930233628/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150101/jsp/northeast/story_6181.jsp#.VffzEfmqpBc |archive-date=30 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

| area_total_km2           = 216

| area_metro_km2           = 1528

| area_metro_footnotes     = <ref name='GMDA'>{{cite web|title=GMDA|url=https://gmda.assam.gov.in/about-us/what-we-do-0}}</ref>

| elevation_footnotes     =  

| elevation_m             = 50-680 <!-- Google Earth elevation scale, from Pandu Ghat to Ahom Gaon near ISBT. Do not modify. Average elevation is a nonsensical measure for a hilly city; thus, altitude extremities carry valuable meaning. Similar is done with most hilly or mountainous cities on the planet. From Tehran to Los Angeles to Zurich to even Delhi. -->

| elevation_ft             = 164-2231

| population_footnotes     = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/191-guwahati.html |title=Guwahati City Census |publisher=censusindia.gov.in |access-date=15 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923201746/http://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/191-guwahati.html |archive-date=23 September 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

| population_total         = 957,352

| population_as_of         = 2011<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://populationstat.com/india/gauhati |title = Population of Guwahati 2020 (Demographic, Facts, Etc) – India Population 2020}}</ref>

| population_rank         = [[List of most populous cities in India|48th]]

| population_density_km2   = auto

| population_metro         =  

| population_demonym       = Guwahatian

| timezone1               = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]

| utc_offset1             = +5:30

| postal_code_type         = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]

| postal_code             = 781 0xx

| area_code_type           = Telephone code

| area_code               = +91 - (0) 361

| iso_code                 = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-AS]]

| registration_plate       = AS-01 (Kamrup Metro) / AS-25 (Kamrup Rural and Dispur)

| blank5_name_sec1         = GDP {{nobold|(2020–21)}}

| blank5_info_sec1         = {{INRConvert|0.48|lc}}<ref name="Guwahati City Overview">{{cite web|url=https://metroverse.cid.harvard.edu/city/9915/overview|title=Guwahati City Overview|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref>

| blank6_name_sec1         = GDP per capita {{nobold|(2020–21)}}

| blank6_info_sec1         = {{INRConvert|487572}}<ref name="Guwahati City Overview">{{cite web|url=https://metroverse.cid.harvard.edu/city/9915/overview|title=Guwahati City Overview|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref>

| blank1_name_sec1         = [[Human Development Index|HDI]]

| blank1_info_sec1         = {{increase}} 0.703 {{color|green|high}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.okd.in/downloads/assam_hdr_30sep2016.pdf|title=Archived copy|access-date=26 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322195446/http://okd.in/downloads/assam_hdr_30sep2016.pdf|archive-date=22 March 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

| blank2_name_sec1         = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]

| blank2_info_sec1         = 940 [[female|♀]]/ 1000 [[male|♂]]

| blank3_name_sec1         = City animal

| blank3_info_sec1         = [[South Asian river dolphin|Gangetic river Dolphin]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.timesofindia.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/Gangetic-river-dolphin-to-be-city-animal-of-Guwahati/articleshow/52623206.cms|title=Gangetic river dolphin to be city animal of Guwahati|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=14 June 2017|date=6 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924025948/http://m.timesofindia.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/Gangetic-river-dolphin-to-be-city-animal-of-Guwahati/articleshow/52623206.cms|archive-date=24 September 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

| blank1_name_sec2         = [[Köppen climate classification|Climate]]

| blank1_info_sec2         = [[Humid subtropical climate|Cwa]]

| blank2_name_sec2         = [[Precipitation (meteorology)|Precipitation]]

| blank2_info_sec2         = {{convert|2054|mm|in}}

| blank3_name_sec2         = {{nowrap|[[Official language]]}}

| blank3_info_sec2         = [[Assamese language|Assamese

| blank4_name_sec2         = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]

| blank4_info_sec2         = 91.47%<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/191-guwahati.html |title=Guwahati City Census 2011 data |publisher=Census2011.co.in |access-date=2014-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923201746/http://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/191-guwahati.html |archive-date=23 September 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

| website                 = {{URL|www.gmcportal.in/gmc-web//}}

| official_name           =  

| leader_title             = [[Guwahati Municipal Corporation|Mayor]]

| leader_name             = Mrigen Sarania

| leader_party             = [[BJP]]

| leader_title1           = Deputy Mayor

| leader_name1             = Ibemcha Singha

'''Guwahati''' ({{IPA-as|ɡuwaɦati|pron}}) formerly rendered '''Gauhati''' is the biggest city of the [[Indian state]] of [[Assam]] and also the largest [[metropolis]] in northeastern India. [[Dispur]], the capital of Assam, is in the circuit city region located within Guwahati and is the seat of the [[Government of Assam]]. A major riverine port city along with hills, and one of the fastest growing<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Choudhury|first=Rekha|date=2010-12-31|title=Floating population in Guwahati and its impact on the city's environment|url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/10603/67544|journal=University|language=English}}</ref> cities in [[India]], Guwahati is situated on the south bank of the [[Brahmaputra]].<ref name="Capital of Assam">{{cite web |url=https://online.assam.gov.in/web/guest/capitalofassam |title=Capital of Assam |publisher=Assam Online Portal |access-date=31 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150807175846/http://online.assam.gov.in/web/guest/capitalofassam |archive-date=7 August 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The city is known as the "gateway to North East India".<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 27, 2011|title=Guwahati a gateway to the exotic North East|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/Guwahati-a-gateway-to-the-exotic-North-East/articleshow/16183684.cms|access-date=2020-06-10|website=Mumbai Mirror|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Bhushan|first=Chandra|title=Assam: Its Heritage and Culture|publisher=Kalpaz Publications|year=2005|isbn=978-8178353524|pages=182}}</ref>

Many ancient Hindu temples like the [[Kamakhya Temple]], [[Ugratara Devalaya|Ugratara Temple]], [[Basistha Temple]], [[Doul Govinda Temple]], [[Umananda Temple]], [[Navagraha temples#Navagraha Temple in Assam|Navagraha Temple]], [[Sukreswar Temple]], [[Rudreswar Temple]], Manikarneswar Temple, Aswaklanta Temple, [[Dirgheshwari temple|Dirgheshwari Temple]], Asvakranta Temple, [[Lankeshwar Temple]], Bhubaneswari Temple, Shree Ganesh Mandir, Shree Panchayatana Temple, Noonmati, and the like, are situated in the city, giving it the title of "The City of Temples".<ref name=" About Guwahati">{{cite web|url=http://www.guwahationline.in/city-guide/About-Guwahati|title=About Guwahati|publisher=guwahationline.in|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016012942/http://www.guwahationline.in/city-guide/about-guwahati|archive-date=16 October 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Barsapara Cricket Stadium match under floodlights.jpg|thumb|left|[[Assam Cricket Association Stadium, Guwahati|Assam Cricket Association Stadium]], Barsapara]]

Assamese daily newspapers published from the city are ''[[Dainik Agradoot]]'', ''[[Asomiya Pratidin]]'', {{Lang|as-latn|[[Asomiya Khabar]]}}, {{Lang|as-latn|[[Amar Asom]]}}, {{Lang|as-latn|[[Dainik Janambhumi]]}}, ''[[Janasadharan]]'', ''[[Niyomiya Barta]]'', ''[[Dainik Asam]]'', ''Dainandin Barta'' and ''[[Gana Adhikar]]''. English dailies are ''[[The Assam Tribune]]'', ''[[The Sentinel (Gauhati)|The Sentinel]]'',  ''[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]'', ''[[The Times of India]]'' and ''Eastern Chronicle''. Eclectic Northeast Magazine<ref name="eclecticnortheast.in">{{cite web|url=http://www.eclecticnortheast.in|title=Eclectic NorthEast |access-date=23 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407075622/https://eclecticnortheast.in/|archive-date=7 April 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> is a leading Guwahati-based monthly Northeast magazine with an online version. G Plus is the only English weekly tabloid published from Guwahati.<ref name="A">{{cite news|last1=Gupta|first1=Devesh|title=Weekly tabloid G Plus launched in Guwahati|url=http://www.afaqs.com/news/story/39578_Weekly-tabloid-G-Plus-launched-in-Guwahati|publisher=afaqs.com|date=3 January 2014|access-date=28 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228163213/http://www.afaqs.com/news/story/39578_Weekly-tabloid-G-Plus-launched-in-Guwahati|archive-date=28 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

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