The Siliguri Corridor is a narrow land corridor in the in northern West Bengal, India, and is in the Darjeeling district. It is generally estimated to be about 37 miles (60 km) long and13.6 miles (22 km) wide at its narrowest point. The corridor assumes a strategic position as it is the only stretch of land connecting India’s North East Region with the rest of the country. The North East Region the easternmost region of India consisting of the eight states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura. The corridor is located near the borders of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, and Tibet autonomous region of China.
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