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Meghalaya
State
Clockwise from top: Nohkalikai Falls, Tawny Breasted Wren, Umngot River, Khrangsuri waterfalls
An opisyal na selyo kan Meghalaya
Selyo
Pinaghalean nin pangaran: Abode of the clouds
Motto: 
Satyameva Jayate (Truth alone triumphs)
Kinamumugtakan kan Meghalaya
Tagboan: 25°34′N 91°53′E / 25.57°N 91.88°E / 25.57; 91.88Tagboan: 25°34′N 91°53′E / 25.57°N 91.88°E / 25.57; 91.88
Hiwas
  State22,429 km2 (8,660 sq mi)
Ranggo nin hiwas24th
Mga dimensyon
  Laba300 km (200 mi)
  Lakwat100 km (60 mi)
Elebasyon
900 m (3,000 ft)
Pinakahalangkaw na elebasyon
(Lushai Hills section)
1,965 m (6,447 ft)
Pinakahababang elebasyon
150 m (490 ft)
Populasyon
(2011)[1]
  StateIncrease 2,964,007
  Ranggo22nd
  Urban
20.07%
  Rural
89.6 %
Mga demonymMeghalayans
Kodang ISO 3166IN-ML
Rehistradong behikuloML
Websityomeghalaya.gov.in

An Meghalaya (/ˌmɡəˈlə/,[2] o /mˈɡɑːləjə/,[3] nangangahulugan na "abode of clouds"; gikan sa Sanskrito megha, "cloud" + ā-laya, "abode") iyo an estado sa amihanan-subangan na Indya. Naporma an Meghalaya kaidtong Enero 21, 1972 sa paagi kan pagtangkas kan duwang distrito kan Assam: (a) an United Khasi Hills asin Jaintia Hills asin (b) an Garo Hills.[4] An populasyon kan Meghalaya poon kaidtong 2014 pigtatantya na 3,211,474.[5] Nasasakopan kan Meghalaya an area nin haros 22,429 kilometros kwadrado, na may length-to-breadth ratio na haros 3:1.[6]

  1. "List of states with Population, Sex Ratio and Literacy Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. Archived from the original on 14 February 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2012. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  2. Plantilya:MW
  3. "Definition of Meghalaya in English from the Oxford Dictionaries". Oxford Dictionaries. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  4. History of Meghalaya State Archived 24 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Government of India
  5. "Fact sheet on meghalaya" (PDF). 10 March 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2014. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  6. Meghalaya Archived 3 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine. IBEF, India (2013)