North Sikkim
North Sikkim is a region of Sikkim, comprising the Mangan district. Most of North Sikkim is restricted to travellers and permits are needed to visit these areas.Essential Destinations
Top destinations: Mangan and Dzongu.
Destinations to Discover
Places to explore: Lachung and Lachen.
North Sikkim
- Type: County with 43,700 residents
- Description: district of Sikkim, India
- Also known as: “district du Sikkim septentrional”, “distritu de North Sikkim”, “Mangan district”, “North District”, “North Sikkim (distritu)”, “North Sikkim district”, “Northern”, “उत्तर जिल्ला”, and “வடக்கு சிக்கிம்”
- Neighbors: South Sikkim
- Categories: district of India and locality
- Location: Sikkim, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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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
OpenStreetMap feature
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GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“North Sikkim” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شمال سيكيم”
- Asturian: “North Sikkim”
- Basque: “North Sikkim barrutia”
- Bengali: “মংগন জেলা”
- Bengali: “ম্যঙ্গান জেলা”
- Bhojpuri: “उत्तर सिक्किम जिला”
- Cebuano: “North District”
- Chinese: “北錫金縣”
- Chinese: “北锡金县”
- Chinese: “门根县”
- Dutch: “Noord-Sikkim”
- Egyptian Arabic: “شمال سيكيم”
- Finnish: “Pohjois-Sikkim”
- 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”
- Kashmiri: “مَنٛگَن ضِلہٕ”
- Magahi: “मङ्गन जिला”
- Malayalam: “നോര്ത്ത് സിക്കിം ജില്ല”
- Marathi: “मंगन जिल्हा”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Noord-Sikkim”
- 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”
- Tamil: “மங்கன் மாவட்டம்”
- Tamil: “வடக்கு சிக்கிம் மாவட்டம்”
- 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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