Siliguri is a city located in Darjeeling district in the northern part of West Bengal, India. It lies near the foothills of the Himalayas and close to the borders of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, and Tibet autonomous region of China. The city serves as an important commercial, trade, and transportation gateway to North East Region, the easternmost region of India consisting of the eight states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura. Siliguri also holds strategic importance because it lies within the Siliguri Corridor, which is the only land link connecting the region with the rest of India.
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