Digboi

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Digboi
Town
Digboi
Digboi Centenary Museum
Digboi Location in Assam, India Show map of Assam Digboi Digboi (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 27°23′N 95°38′E / 27.38°N 95.63°E / 27.38; 95.63
Country	India
State	Assam
District	Tinsukia
Government
• Type	Mayor Council Government under State Government
• Body	Digboi Municipality
Area
• Total	14.8 km2 (5.7 sq mi)
Elevation	165 m (541 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	21,736
• Density	1,500/km2 (3,800/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Assamese
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	786171
ISO 3166 code	IN-AS
Vehicle registration	AS-23

Digboi (IPA: ˈdɪgˌbɔɪ) is a town and a town area committee in Tinsukia district in the north-eastern part of the state of Assam, India.

Crude oil was discovered here in late 19th century and first oil well was dug in 1866. Digboi is known as the Oil City of Assam where the first oil well in Asia was drilled. The first refinery was started here as early as 1901. Digboi has the oldest oil well in operation in India.^[1] With a significant number of British professionals working for Assam Oil Company until the decade following independence of India, Digboi had a well-developed infrastructure and a number of bungalows unique to the town. It has an eighteen holes golf course as part of the Digboi Club. It has guest houses and tourist residential apartments laid to promote tourism in upper Assam.