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{{Use Indian English|date=October 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}} <!-- See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian cities]] for details --> {{More citations needed|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Digboi | other_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = Town | image_skyline = Digboi Centenary Museum 04.JPG | image_alt = Photo of Digboi Centenary Museum at Digboi | image_caption = Digboi Centenary Museum | pushpin_map = India Assam#India | pushpin_label_position = left | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Assam, India | coordinates = {{coord|27.38|N|95.63|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}} | subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Assam]] | subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Tinsukia district|Tinsukia]] | established_title = <!-- Established --> | established_date = | founder = | named_for = | government_type = Mayor Council Government under State Government | governing_body = Digboi Municipality | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_rank = | area_total_km2 = 14.8 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 165 | population_total = 21,736 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_footnotes = | demographics_type1 = Languages | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics1_info1 = [[Assamese language|Assamese]] | timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]] | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] | postal_code = 786171 | registration_plate = AS-23 | website = | iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-AS]] | footnotes = | official_name = Digboi }} '''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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://online.assam.gov.in/digboi |title=Assam Govt website |access-date=4 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140828201842/http://online.assam.gov.in/digboi |archive-date=28 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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.
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