East Sikkim
East Sikkim is a region of Sikkim. Despite being the most populated area, East Sikkim comprised of many monasteries, lakes and hidden picturesque treasures.Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Gangtok and Aritar.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hanuman Tok.
Hanuman Tok
Hindu temple
Hanuman Tok is a Hindu temple complex which is located…
East Sikkim
- County with 284,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 1,953 metres (6,407 feet)
- …was formerly known as “East Sikkim district”
- …is abbreviated as “EDT”
- Description: former district of Sikkim, India
- Also known as“East District”“Gangtok district”
- Neighbors: Kalimpong
- Category: district of India
- Location
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Latitude
27.3333° or 27° 20′ north
Longitude
88.6667° or 88° 40′ east
Open location code
7MVC8MM8+8M
OpenStreetMap ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“East Sikkim” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شرق سيكيم”
- Asturian: “distritu d’East Sikkim”
- Asturian: “East Sikkim (distritu)”
- Asturian: “East Sikkim”
- Basque: “East Sikkim barrutia”
- Bengali: “গ্যাংটক জেলা”
- Bengali: “পূর্ব সিকিম জেলা”
- Bhojpuri: “पूर्वी सिक्किम जिला”
- Cebuano: “East District”
- Chinese: “东锡金县”
- Chinese: “東錫金縣”
- Dutch: “East Sikkim”
- Dutch: “Oost-Sikkim”
- Egyptian Arabic: “شرق سيكيم”
- Finnish: “Itä-Sikkim”
- French: “district du Sikkim oriental”
- French: “District du Sikkim oriental”
- German: “East Sikkim”
- German: “Gangtok”
- Gujarati: “પૂર્વ સિક્કિમ જિલ્લો”
- Hindi: “पूर्व सिक्किम जिला”
- Italian: “distretto del Sikkim Orientale”
- Italian: “Distretto del Sikkim Orientale”
- Japanese: “東シッキム県”
- Kashmiri: “پوٗر سِکِم ضِلہٕ”
- Kashmiri: “مشرقی سکم ضِلہٕ”
- Malayalam: “ഈസ്റ്റ് സിക്കിം ജില്ല”
- Marathi: “पूर्व सिक्किम जिल्हा”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Oost-Sikkim”
- Nepali: “पूर्व जिल्ला”
- Nepali: “पूर्व सिक्किम जिल्ला”
- Nepali: “पूर्व सिक्किम”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “East Sikkim”
- Norwegian: “East Sikkim”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Districte d’East Sikkim”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Districte del Siquim Oriental”
- Persian: “بخش سکم شرفی”
- Persian: “ناحیه گانتوک”
- Russian: “Восточный Сикким”
- Sanskrit: “पूर्व सिक्किम् मण्डलः”
- Sanskrit: “पूर्वसिक्किममण्डलम्”
- Santali: “ᱥᱟᱢᱟᱝ ᱥᱤᱠᱠᱤᱢ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ”
- Slovenian: “Vzhodni Sikim”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Sikkim Oriental”
- Spanish: “Sikkim oriental”
- Swedish: “East District”
- Swedish: “East Sikkim”
- Tamil: “கிழக்கு சிக்கிம் மாவட்டம்”
- Ukrainian: “Східний Сіккім”
- Urdu: “مشرقی سکم ضلع”
- Vietnamese: “Đông Sikkim”
- Vietnamese: “East Sikkim”
Sikkim: Highlights
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