TINSUKIA

town, Dibrugarh district, northeastern Assam state, northeastern India. It is located in the Brahmaputra River Valley at a rail junction, about 25 mi (40 km) east of Dibrugarh, the district headquarters. It is linked by highway with Burma to the east and, via Dibrugarh, with Gauhati and Shillong to the southwest. The town's principal industry is the processing of tea from extensive gardens nearby; there is also a can factory. Pop. (1971) 54,911.