Namchi
Namchi is the capital of South Sikkim. It resembles Gangtok in many ways, but is considerably more quiet and local in character, spared of the flood of domestic tourists and the catering industry that comes with it.
- Type: Town with 5,000 residents
- Description: city in Namchi district, Sikkim, India
- Also known as: “M Cl”
Namchi
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Namchi, South Sikkim, Sikkim, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
27.1661° or 27° 9′ 58″ north
Longitude
88.3652° or 88° 21′ 55″ east
Population
5,000
Elevation
1,427 metres (4,682 feet)
Open location code
7MVC5988+F3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Vietnamese—“Namchi” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Namchi”
- Bengali: “নামচি”
- Bishnupriya: “নামচি”
- Bulgarian: “Намчи”
- Cebuano: “Namchi”
- Chinese: “納姆奇”
- Chinese: “纳姆吉”
- Chinese: “纳姆奇”
- Dutch: “Namchi”
- Finnish: “Namchi”
- French: “Namchi”
- Gujarati: “નામચી”
- Hindi: “नामची”
- Hindi: “नाम्ची”
- Italian: “Namchi”
- Kannada: “ನಾಮ್ಚಿ”
- Kashmiri: “نامچی”
- Korean: “남치”
- Ladin: “Namchi”
- Lithuanian: “Namčis”
- Magahi: “नाम्ची”
- Malagasy: “Namchi”
- Malay: “Namchi”
- Malayalam: “നാംചി”
- Marathi: “नामची”
- Nepali: “नाम्ची”
- Newari: “नाम्ची”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Namchi”
- Polish: “Namchi”
- Russian: “Намчи”
- Slovenian: “Namchi”
- Spanish: “Namchi”
- Swedish: “Namchi”
- Tamil: “நாம்ச்சி”
- Telugu: “నాంచి”
- Ukrainian: “Намчі”
- Urdu: “نامچی”
- Vietnamese: “Namchi”
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