Geyzing
Geyzing, or Gyalshing, is the capital of West Sikkim. Attractions include Pemyangtse Monastery built in 1640, reputed to be Sikkim's oldest, and Khecheopalri Lake which as legend has it not a leaf is allowed to float on the surface.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 4,010 residents
- Description: capital of Gyalshing district, India
- Also known as: “Gayzing”, “Gezing”, “Gyalshing”, and “Gyalzing”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pelling.
Pelling
Photo: Sujay25, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pelling is a small town in West Sikkim. Pelling is famous for its magnificent views of the snow-capped mountains of Kanchenjunga. Situated at an altitude of 1,900 m, the location offers good views of the surrounding mountain ranges including the Koktang, Frey, Rathong, Kabru North and Kabru South, Kabru Dom, Talung Kanchenjunga, Pandim, Jopuno, Tinchikhang, Narsing and others.
Geyzing
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Gyalshing, West Sikkim, Sikkim, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
27.29° or 27° 17′ 24″ northLongitude
88.2573° or 88° 15′ 26″ eastPopulation
4,010Elevation
1,532 metres (5,026 feet)Open location code
7MVC77R4+2WOpenStreetMap ID
node 342104453OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
1270577Wikidata ID
Q1707638
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Vietnamese—“Geyzing” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “গ্যালশিং”
- Bishnupriya: “গ্যালশিং”
- Bulgarian: “Гялшинг”
- Cebuano: “Gyalshing”
- Chinese: “加爾辛格”
- Chinese: “吉亚尔斯兴格”
- Chinese: “吉亞爾斯興格”
- Chinese: “贾尔辛”
- Dutch: “Gyalshing”
- Finnish: “Geyzing”
- French: “Gyalshing”
- Gujarati: “ગેયઝીન્ગ”
- Hindi: “गान्तोक”
- Hindi: “गेजिंग”
- Hindi: “ग्यालशिंग”
- Irish: “Gyalshing”
- Italian: “Gyalshing”
- Kashmiri: “گیجوینگ”
- Korean: “걀싱”
- Malagasy: “Gyalshing”
- Malay: “Gyalshing”
- Marathi: “ग्यालशिंग”
- Nepali: “गेजिंग”
- Nepali: “गेजिङ”
- Newari: “ग्याल्शिङ”
- Spanish: “Gyalshing”
- Swedish: “Gyalshing”
- Tamil: “கெய்சிங்”
- Telugu: “గ్యాల్షింగ్”
- Telugu: “గ్యాల్సింగ్”
- Ukrainian: “Ґезінґ”
- Ukrainian: “Гейзінг”
- Ukrainian: “Ґейзінґ”
- Urdu: “گیجوئنگ”
- Vietnamese: “Gyalshing”
Localities in the Area
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West Sikkim: Must-Visit Destinations
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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 Wikivoyage page “Geyzing”. Photo: Sujay25, CC BY-SA 4.0.