Williamnagar
Simsanggre | |
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city | |
 Simsang Winter Festival | |
  Williamnagar Location in Meghalaya, India  Williamnagar Williamnagar (India) | |
| Coordinates: 25°29′44″N 90°37′01″E / 25.4954600°N 90.6168200°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Meghalaya |
| District | East Garo Hills |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 18,251 |
| Languages | |
| • Regional | Garo |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | Ml-07b 3172 |
| Climate | Cwa |
Williamnagar, formerly known as Simsanggre,[1] is the headquarters of East Garo Hills district in the state of Meghalaya in India.
- ^ "East Garo Hills town gets first IT centre". Telegraph India. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
Williamnagar, the district headquarters, though, is the only "planned town" in the entire state. It is situated on the upper reaches of the Simsang river, and for this reason it was originally called Simsanggre. The name was rechristened in 1976 to Williamnagar, after Meghalaya's first chief minister Captain Williamson A. Sangma.