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North Sikkim

North Sikkim is a district in the state of . Most of North Sikkim is restricted to travellers and permits are needed to visit these areas. The area, which shares a sensitive border with the People's Republic of China is heavily patrolled by the Indian army.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Mangan and Dzongu.

is a town and the headquarter of the district of District in the state of . The town lying near River Teesta is connected to the capital by a metalled road.

is a triangular, rural region in North Sikkim, . It is bounded by the Teesta River in the south-east, Tholung Chu River in the north-east and by mighty mountains in the west.

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The or Sikkim Valley of Flowers sanctuary, is a nature sanctuary with river, hot springs, yaks and grazing pasture on rolling meadows surrounded by the Himalayan mountains in Yumthang in the Mangan district of state in .

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is a town and hill station in Mangan district in northeast Indian state of Sikkim. It is approx. 50 km town, the district headquarters. It is located in the Mangan district near the border with .

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– The “Big Pass” of North Sikkim is a high-altitude town and hill station located in the Mangan district of Sikkim, India, near the Indo-Tibetan border.

North Sikkim

Latitude of center
27.6667° or 27° 40′ north
Longitude of center
88.5° or 88° 30′ east
Population
43,700
Elevation
4,276 metres (14,029 feet)
Abbreviation
“NDT”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316417205
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
1261190
Wiki­data ID
Q1784149
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“North Sikkim” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شمال سيكيم”
  • Asturian: “distritu de North Sikkim”
  • Asturian: “North Sikkim (distritu)”
  • Asturian: “North Sikkim”
  • Basque: “North Sikkim barrutia”
  • Bengali: “মংগন জেলা”
  • Bengali: “ম্যঙ্গান জেলা”
  • Bhojpuri: “उत्तर सिक्किम जिला”
  • Cebuano: “North District”
  • Chinese: “Noord-Sikkim”
  • Chinese: “北錫金縣”
  • Chinese: “北锡金县”
  • Chinese: “门根县”
  • Dutch: “Noord-Sikkim”
  • Dutch: “North Sikkim”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شمال سيكيم”
  • Finnish: “Pohjois-Sikkim”
  • French: “district du Sikkim septentrional”
  • French: “District du Sikkim septentrional”
  • French: “Sikkim septentrional”
  • German: “Mangan”
  • German: “North Sikkim”
  • Gujarati: “ઉત્તર સિક્કિમ જિલ્લો”
  • Hindi: “उत्तर सिक्किम जिला”
  • Hindi: “मंगन जिला”
  • Italian: “distretto del Sikkim Settentrionale”
  • Italian: “Distretto del Sikkim Settentrionale”
  • Japanese: “北シッキム県”
  • Malayalam: “നോര്‍ത്ത് സിക്കിം ജില്ല”
  • Marathi: “मंगन जिल्हा”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Noord-Sikkim”
  • Nepali: “उत्तर जिल्ला”
  • Nepali: “उत्तरी सिक्किम”
  • Nepali: “मङ्गन जिल्ला”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “North Sikkim”
  • Norwegian: “North Sikkim”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Districte de North Sikkim”
  • Persian: “بخش شمالی سکم”
  • Persian: “ناحیه منگن”
  • Romanian: “Sikkimul de Nord”
  • Russian: “Северный Сикким”
  • Sanskrit: “उत्तरसिक्किममण्डलम्”
  • Santali: “ᱠᱚᱧᱮ ᱥᱤᱠᱠᱤᱢ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ”
  • Santali: “ᱮᱛᱚᱢ ᱥᱤᱠᱠᱤᱢ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ”
  • Slovenian: “Mangan”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Sikkim septentrional”
  • Spanish: “Sikkim septentrional”
  • Swedish: “Mangan”
  • Swedish: “North District”
  • Swedish: “North Sikkim”
  • Tamil: “மங்கன் மாவட்டம்”
  • Tamil: “வடக்கு சிக்கிம் மாவட்டம்”
  • Tamil: “வடக்கு சிக்கிம்”
  • Telugu: “ఉత్తర సిక్కిం”
  • Telugu: “మంగన్ జిల్లా”
  • Ukrainian: “Північний Сіккім”
  • Urdu: “شمالی سکم ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Bắc Sikkim”
  • Vietnamese: “North Sikkim”
  • “उत्तर सिक्किम जिला”

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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 “North Sikkim”. Photo: Sujay25, CC BY-SA 4.0.