Pakyong
Pakyong is a city and district headquarters of Pakyong district in the Indian state of Sikkim, located in the foothills of the Himalayas. Pakyong Airport is the only airport of Sikkim. The "National Research Centre for Orchids" is also located here.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town
- Description: human settlement in India
- Also known as: “Pakhyong” and “Pākyong”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gangtok Pakyong Airport.
Gangtok Pakyong Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Sakaiylo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pakyong Airport is a domestic airport serving Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim, India. It has been operationalized under the UDAN Scheme of the Government of India.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Takchang and Ranipool.
Takchang
Village
Takchang is a village near Pakyong in Pakyong District, India. Takchang is 30.7 km from Gangtok and the population of the village is nearly 550-600. Ethnic Nepali and Lepcha are the main settler of this village. Takchang is situated 4½ km southeast of Pakyong.
Ranipool
Suburb
Ranipool is a small suburban town located in the bank of river Ranikhola at the junction of National Highway 10 and National Highway 717A in Gangtok District of the Indian state of Sikkim. Ranipool is situated 6 km north of Pakyong.
Rhenock
Town
Photo: Masoom321, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rhenock is a town, just 29 km from Pakyong City in the Pakyong district in Sikkim, India, located on the border with the Kalimpong district of West Bengal. Rhenock is situated 9 km southeast of Pakyong.
Pakyong
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Pakyong, Pakyong district, Sikkim, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
27.24361° or 27° 14′ 37″ northLongitude
88.5985° or 88° 35′ 55″ eastElevation
1,307 metres (4,288 feet)Open location code
7MVC6HVX+C9OpenStreetMap ID
node 342098314OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Pakyong” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “帕克永”
- Chinese: “帕孔”
- Dutch: “Pakyong”
- Fiji Hindi: “Pakyong”
- French: “Pakyong”
- Hindi: “पाक्योंग”
- Irish: “Pakyong”
- Japanese: “パキョン”
- Korean: “팍용”
- Nepali: “पाकिम”
- Nepali: “पाक्किम”
- Nepali: “पाक्योंग”
- Nepali: “पाक्योङ्ग”
- Oriya: “ପକ୍ଯୋଙ୍ଗ”
- Russian: “Пакьёнг”
- Santali: “ᱯᱟᱠᱭᱚᱝ”
- Tamil: “பாக்யோங்”
- Telugu: “పాక్యోంగ్”
- Ukrainian: “Пакйонг”
- Ukrainian: “Пакйонґ”
- Urdu: “پاکیونگ”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include STNM Multispeciality Hospital and Parkyong new market.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Pakyong”. Photo: Carsten.nebel, CC BY-SA 3.0.