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Guwahati Municipal Corporation or GMC in short is the local government in Guwahati. GMC was formed in the year 1971 by the Guwahati Municipal Corporation Act 1969. The Corporation was duly constituted in 1974 in the first meeting of the elected councilors as per provision of Sec.45 of this Act. A municipal corporation is the highest form of urban local body (ULB) in India. Presently GMC covers an area of 216 km² under its jurisdiction and it is divided into 60 municipal wards.