Gangtok

Gangtok is a bustling, friendly hill station, and the capital of the Himalayan state of . The name "Gangtok" is derived from the Tibetan word for 'hillside,' and the city has a population of around 100,000 being a mixture of indigenous Sikkimese and people of Nepalese and Tibetan ancestry.
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  • City with about 100,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 1,600 metres (5,250 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code PYG
  • Description: city in Gangtok district, Sikkim, India

Places of Interest

Discover Namgyal Institute of Tibetology and Paljor Stadium.
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Museum
is a Tibet museum…
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Stadium
is a football located in Gangtok, , .
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is a in Gangtok in the state of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ranipool.
Suburb
is a small suburban town located in the bank…

Gangtok

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Latitude
27.329° or 27° 19′ 45″ north
Longitude
88.6123° or 88° 36′ 44″ east
UN/LOCODE
IN GAT
Open location code
7MVC8JH6+JW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 342097621
Open­Street­Map feature
place = city
Geo­Names ID
1271631
Wiki­data ID
Q186141

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Gangtok” goes by many names.
GangtokAfrikaans
गंगटोकAngika
غانتوكArabic
GangtokAragonese
ԳանգթոկArmenian
গেংটকAssamese
GangtokAsturian
QanqtokAzerbaijani
GangtokBasque
ГангтокBelarusian
ҐанґтокBelarusian
গ্যাংটকBengali
गंगटोकBhojpuri
গ্যাংটকBishnupriya
GangtokBreton
ГангтокBulgarian
GangtogCatalan
GangtokCatalan
GangtokCebuano
ГангтокChechen
甘托克Chinese
GangtogCzech
GangtokCzech
GántókCzech
GangtokDanish
गान्तोकDotyali
GangtokDutch
جانتوكEgyptian Arabic
GangtokEsperanto
GangtokoEsperanto
GangtokFiji Hindi
GangtokFinnish
GangtokFrench
განგტოკიGeorgian
GangtokGerman
ΓκάνγκτοκGreek
ગંગટોકGujarati
גנגטוקHebrew
गंगटोकHindi
गान्तोकHindi
GangtokHungarian
GangtokIdo
GangtokIndonesian
GangtokIrish
GangtokItalian
ガントクJapanese
ಗಂಗ್ಟೋಕ್Kannada
ಗ್ಯಾಂಗಟಕ್Kannada
گینٛگٹاکKashmiri
강토크Korean
강톡Korean
GangtokLadin
GangtokLatvian
GangtokaLatvian
GangtokasLithuanian
गङ्गटोकMagahi
गान्तोकMagahi
गान्टोकMaithili
GangtokMalagasy
GangtokMalay
GangtokMalayalam
ഗാങ്ങ് ടോക്ക്Malayalam
गंगटोकMarathi
गांतोकMarathi
गान्तोकMarathi
GangtokMin Nan Chinese
განგტოკიMingrelian
गान्तोकNepali
गाङतोकNewari
GangtokNorthern Frisian
GangtokNorwegian
GangtokNorwegian Bokmål
GangtokNorwegian Nynorsk
GangtokOccitan (post 1500)
GangtokOriya
ଗାଙ୍ଗଟକOriya
ГангтокOssetian
GangtokPampanga
ਗੰਗਟੋਕPanjabi
گانتوکPersian
گنگتوکPersian
GangtokPolish
GangtokPortuguese
GanguetoquePortuguese
GangtokRomanian
ГангтокRussian
गङ्गटोक्Sanskrit
ᱜᱟᱝᱴᱚᱠSantali
GangtokScots
GangtokSerbian
ГангтокSerbian
گانگٽوڪSindhi
ගංටොක්Sinhala
ගැන්ග්ටෝක්Sinhala
GangtokSlovenian
GangtokSpanish
GangtokSwahili
GangtokSwedish
ГангтокTajik
காங்க்டோக்Tamil
கேங்டாக்Tamil
గాంగ్‌టక్Telugu
గ్యాంగ్ టక్Telugu
กังต็อกThai
སྒང་ཐོག་Tibetan
ಗ್ಯಾಂಗ್‌ಟೊಕ್Tulu
GangtokTurkish
ГангтокUkrainian
ҐанґтокUkrainian
گینگٹاکUrdu
GangtokUzbek
Gangtok shahriUzbek
GangtokVenetian
GangtokVietnamese
GangtokWaray (Philippines)
GangtokWelsh
گنگٹوکWestern Panjabi
甘托克Wu Chinese
剛渡Yue Chinese

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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