Kurseong

Kurseong is a town in the Darjeeling Hills‎ of . The town is also known as the "Land of Glorious Sunsets" because it faces the western part of the hills, and the sunset is visible through a glorious mix of clouds turning crimson, yellow and red.
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  • Town with 46,400 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 1,501 metres (4,925 feet)
  • …is also known as “Kharasana”
  • Description: town in Darjeeling district, West Bengal, India

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kurseong railway station.
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Kurseong

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Latitude
26.8818° or 26° 52′ 55″ north
Longitude
88.2784° or 88° 16′ 42″ east
Open location code
7MRCV7JH+P8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3969240909
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1267675
Wiki­data ID
Q1025634

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Vietnamese—“Kurseong” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Kurseong”
  • Bengali: “কার্শিয়াং”
  • Bishnupriya: “কার্শিয়ং”
  • Cebuano: “Kārsiyāng”
  • Chinese: “可颂”
  • Chinese: “库尔塞奥恩格”
  • Chinese: “庫爾塞奧恩格”
  • Danish: “Kurseong”
  • Dutch: “Kurseong”
  • Esperanto: “Kurseong”
  • Finnish: “Kurseong”
  • French: “Kurseong”
  • German: “Kurseong”
  • Gujarati: “કુર્સેઓંગ”
  • Hindi: “कुर्सियांग”
  • Italian: “Kurseong”
  • Japanese: “カーセオング”
  • Japanese: “カルシャン”
  • Kannada: “ಕುರ್ಸೊಂಗ್”
  • Kashmiri: “کورسیونج”
  • Korean: “커르성”
  • Malagasy: “Kurseong”
  • Malay: “Kurseong”
  • Nepali: “खरसाङ”
  • Nepali: “खर्साङ”
  • Newari: “खर्सोङ”
  • Panjabi: “ਕੁਰਸਿਆਂਗ”
  • Polish: “Kurseong”
  • Portuguese: “Kurseong”
  • Russian: “Курсеонг”
  • Santali: “ᱠᱩᱨᱥᱤᱭᱟᱝ”
  • Spanish: “Kurseong”
  • Swedish: “Kārsiyāng”
  • Tamil: “குருஷேவ்ங்”
  • Telugu: “కుర్సియాంగ్”
  • Urdu: “کرسیونگ”
  • Urdu: “کورسیونج”
  • Vietnamese: “Kurseong”

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