Lachen
Lachen – The "Big Pass" of North Sikkim Lachen is a high-altitude town and hill station located in the Mangan district of Sikkim, India, near the Indo-Tibetan border.
- Type: Town with 1,330 residents
- Description: town in Mangan, India
- Also known as: “Lachen, Sikkim” and “Lamteng”
Lachen
- Categories: village in India and locality
- Location: Chungthang, North Sikkim, Sikkim, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
27.7306° or 27° 43′ 50″ north
Longitude
88.5495° or 88° 32′ 58″ east
Population
1,330
Elevation
2,691 metres (8,829 feet)
Open location code
7MVCPGJX+6R
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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From Bengali to Urdu—“Lachen” goes by many names.
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