Jaigaon
Jaigaon is a city in the Alipurduar district of West Bengal, India. It is a trading post for cross-border business with Bhutan. Unless you are planning to enter Bhutan or have an interest in construction material and fake branded clothes, there is no reason to visit Jaigaon.- Type: Town with 159,000 residents
- Description: census town in West Bengal, India
- Also known as: “Jaigon”, “Jaygon”, “Joygaon”, and “جیگاوں”
- Neighbors: Phuentsholing
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Phuentsholing.
Jaigaon
- Categories: census town of India, border city, and locality
- Location: Kalchini, Alipurduar, North Bengal, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
26.8549° or 26° 51′ 18″ north
Longitude
89.3767° or 89° 22′ 36″ east
Population
159,000
Elevation
196 metres (643 feet)
UN/LOCODE
IN JIG
Open location code
7MRFV93G+WM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Vietnamese—“Jaigaon” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “জয়গাঁও”
- Bishnupriya: “জয়গাঁ”
- Cebuano: “Jaigaon”
- Chinese: “賈伊加奧恩”
- Chinese: “贾伊加奥恩”
- Dutch: “Jaigaon”
- French: “Jaigaon”
- German: “Jaigaon”
- Hebrew: “ג’ייגאון”
- Hindi: “जयगाँव”
- Hindi: “जयगांव”
- Italian: “Jaygaon”
- Ladin: “Jaigaon”
- Malay: “Jaygaon”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Jaygaon”
- Newari: “जयगांव”
- Panjabi: “ਜੈਗਾਂਓ”
- Portuguese: “Jaygaon”
- Russian: “Джайгаон”
- Santali: “ᱡᱚᱭᱜᱟᱣ”
- Spanish: “Jaigaon”
- Swedish: “Jaigaon”
- Urdu: “جیگاؤں”
- Vietnamese: “Jaygaon”
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