Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary
The Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary is a 2600 hectare nature preserve located in the Shivalik Hills of Chandigarh, India, near Sukhna Lake. The area was officially declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1998.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Harvinder Chandigarh, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: wildlife sanctuary in Chandigarh, India
- Also known as: “Sukhna Lake Wildlife Sanctuary” and “Sukhna Lake WLS”
- Address: #100, chandigarh, 160103
- Postal code: 160103
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pinjore and Chandigarh.
Pinjore
Town
Pinjore is a town in Panchkula district in the Indian state of Haryana. This residential 'township', located close to Panchkula, Chandigarh and Solan, is set over 1,800 feet above the sea level in a valley, overlooking the Sivalik Hills. Pinjore is situated 7 km northeast of Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary.
Chandigarh
Photo: duncid, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chandigarh is India's first planned city, quite distinct from the rest of the country and considerably better organised. It is the capital of both Haryana and Punjab states, but the city is not part of either state, being a union territory, i.e. administered directly by the central government.
Panchkula
Photo: ramansharma, CC BY 2.0.
Panchkula is a city and district headquarter in the Panchkula district in Haryana, India. It is a satellite town of the state capital Chandigarh. Panchkula is a border city with Punjab, Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh.
Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary
- Categories: protected area and locality
- Location: Panchkula, Panchkula district, Haryana, Plains, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
30.77562° or 30° 46′ 32″ northLongitude
76.85118° or 76° 51′ 4″ eastOpen location code
8J2RQVG2+6FOpenStreetMap ID
way 677724717OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q23995986
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In Other Languages
From Panjabi to Western Panjabi—“Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary” goes by many names.
- Panjabi: “ਸੁਖਨਾ ਜੰਗਲੀ ਜੀਵ ਰੱਖ ਚੰਡੀਗੜ੍ਹ”
- Western Panjabi: “سکھنا جنگلی جیون رکھ”
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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 Wikipedia page “Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary”. Photo: Harvinder Chandigarh, CC BY-SA 4.0.