East Khasi Hills District

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  • Type: district of India with 826,000 residents
  • Description: district of Meghalaya, India
  • Also known as: East Khasi Hills” and “East Khasi Hills district

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mawphlang.

Village
is a village in the East Khasi Hills district of state in north-eastern , 25 kilometers from . The word maw means "stone", maw phlang means "grassy stone," and is one of many settlements in the Khasi hills named after monoliths. is situated 9 km north of East Khasi Hills District.

East Khasi Hills District

Latitude
25.3805° or 25° 22′ 50″ north
Longitude
91.7891° or 91° 47′ 21″ east
Population
826,000
Elevation
1,750 metres (5,741 feet)
Abbreviation
“EKH”
Open location code
7MQH9QJQ+5J
Geo­Names ID
1266857
Wiki­data ID
Q1945304
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“East Khasi Hills District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: شرق كازي هيلز
  • Assamese: পূব খাছী পাৰ্বত্য জিলা
  • Asturian: distritu d’East Khasi Hills
  • Asturian: East Khasi Hills (distritu)
  • Asturian: East Khasi Hills
  • Basque: East Khasi Hills barrutia
  • Bengali: পূর্ব খাসি পাহাড় জেলা
  • Catalan: districte d’East Khasi Hills
  • Catalan: Districte d’East Khasi Hills
  • Catalan: East Khasi Hills
  • Cebuano: East Khāsi Hills
  • Chinese: East Khasi Hills
  • Chinese: 东卡西丘陵县
  • Chinese: 东卡西丘陵縣
  • Dutch: East Khasi Hills
  • Dutch: Oost-Khasi Hills
  • Egyptian Arabic: شرق كازى هيلز
  • French: district des East Khasi Hills
  • French: District des East Khasi Hills
  • German: East Khasi Hills
  • Gujarati: પૂર્વ ખાસી હિલ્સ જિલ્લો
  • Hindi: पूर्व खासी हिल्स जिला
  • Hindi: पूर्वी खासी हिल्स जिला
  • Indonesian: Distrik East Khasi Hills
  • Italian: distretto dei Monti Khasi Orientali
  • Italian: Distretto dei Monti Khasi Orientali
  • Japanese: 東カシ・ヒルズ県
  • Japanese: 東カシ丘陵地区
  • Ladin: Zelenicky Vrch
  • Malayalam: ഈസ്റ്റ് ഖാസി ഹിൽസ് ജില്ല
  • Manipuri: ꯅꯣꯡꯄꯣꯛ ꯈꯥꯁꯤ ꯆꯤꯡ ꯄꯅꯥ
  • Marathi: पूर्व खासी हिल्स जिल्हा
  • Min Nan Chinese: East Khasi Hills
  • Nepali: पूर्वी खासी हिल्स जिल्ला
  • Norwegian Bokmål: East Khasi Hills
  • Norwegian: East Khasi Hills
  • Persian: بخش کاسی هیلز شرقی
  • Russian: Восточные горы Кхаси
  • Sanskrit: पूर्व खासिहिल्स्
  • Santali: ᱥᱟᱢᱟᱝ ᱠᱷᱟᱥᱤ ᱵᱩᱨᱩ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ
  • Spanish: Distrito de East Khasi Hills
  • Swedish: East Khasi Hills
  • Swedish: East Khāsi Hills
  • Tamil: கிழக்கு காசி மலை மாவட்டம்
  • Tamil: கிழக்கு காசி மலை
  • Telugu: ఈస్ట్ కాశీ హిల్స్ జిల్లా
  • Telugu: తూర్పు ఖాసీ హిల్స్ జిల్లా
  • Urdu: مشرقی کھاسی ہلز ضلع
  • Urdu: مشرقی کھاسی ہلزضلع
  • Vietnamese: East Khasi Hills
  • Western Panjabi: ضلع چڑدے کھاسی پعاڑ

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