West Sikkim

West Sikkim is a region of . The highlight of West Sikkim is the amazing Himalayan treks in the foothills of Mt Kangchenjunga. The rolling mountains also offer some "low altitude" treks.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Khangchendzonga National Park and Geyzing.
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is in West Sikkim in northwestern .
, or Gyalshing, is the capital of West Sikkim.
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is a small village in it serves as the starting point of the Dzongri - Goechala Trek.

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is a small town in West Sikkim.

West Sikkim

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Latitude of center
27.3333° or 27° 20′ north
Longitude of center
88.25° or 88° 15′ east
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316417032
Geo­Names ID
1252877
Wiki­data ID
Q611357

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“West Sikkim” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غرب سيكيم”
  • Asturian: “distritu de West Sikkim”
  • Asturian: “West Sikkim (distritu)”
  • Asturian: “West Sikkim”
  • Basque: “West Sikkim barrutia”
  • Bengali: “গিয়ালশিং জেলা”
  • Bengali: “গ্যালশিং জেলা”
  • Bhojpuri: “पश्चिम सिक्किम जिला”
  • Cebuano: “West District”
  • Chinese: “加爾辛格縣”
  • Chinese: “西錫金縣”
  • Danish: “West Sikkim”
  • Dutch: “West-Sikkim”
  • Finnish: “Länsi-Sikkim”
  • French: “district du Sikkim occidental”
  • French: “District du Sikkim occidental”
  • German: “Gyalshing”
  • German: “West Sikkim”
  • Gujarati: “પશ્ચિમ સિક્કિમ જિલ્લો”
  • Hindi: “ग्यालशिंग जिला”
  • Hindi: “पश्चिम सिक्किम जिला”
  • Italian: “distretto del Sikkim Occidentale”
  • Italian: “Distretto del Sikkim Occidentale”
  • Japanese: “西シッキム県”
  • Kashmiri: “گیٛالشِنٛگ ضِلہٕ”
  • Magahi: “गेजिङ्ग जिला”
  • Magahi: “ग्याल्सिङ्ग जिला”
  • Malayalam: “വെസ്റ്റ് സിക്കിം ജില്ല”
  • Marathi: “ग्यालशिंग जिल्हा”
  • Marathi: “पश्चिम सिक्किम जिल्हा”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “West-Sikkim”
  • Nepali: “गेजिङ जिल्ला”
  • Nepali: “पश्चिम जिल्ला”
  • Nepali: “पश्चिम सिक्किम”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “West Sikkim”
  • Norwegian: “West Sikkim”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Districte de West Sikkim”
  • Panjabi: “ਜਿਲ੍ਹਾ ਪੱਛਮ ਸਿੱਕਮ”
  • Panjabi: “ਜਿਲ਼੍ਹਾ ਪੱਛਮ”
  • Persian: “بخش سکم غربی”
  • Persian: “ناحیه گیالشینگ”
  • Russian: “Западный Сикким”
  • Sanskrit: “पश्चिम सिक्किम् मण्डलः”
  • Sanskrit: “पश्चिमसिक्किममण्डलम्”
  • Santali: “ᱯᱟᱪᱮ ᱥᱤᱠᱠᱤᱢ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Sikkim occidental”
  • Spanish: “Sikkim occidental”
  • Swedish: “Gyalshing”
  • Swedish: “West District”
  • Swedish: “West Sikkim”
  • Tamil: “கியால்சிங் மாவட்டம்”
  • Tamil: “மேற்கு சிக்கிம் மாவட்டம்”
  • Telugu: “గ్యాల్షింగ్ జిల్లా”
  • Telugu: “గ్యాల్‌షింగ్ జిల్లా”
  • Ukrainian: “Західний Сіккім”
  • Urdu: “مغربی سکم ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Tây Sikkim”
  • Vietnamese: “West Sikkim”

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