West Sikkim
West Sikkim is a district in Sikkim. The highlight of West Sikkim is the amazing Himalayan treks in the foothills of Mt Kanchenjunga. The rolling mountains also offer some "low altitude" treks.Photo: Anandbhushan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Khangchendzonga National Park and Geyzing.
Khangchendzonga National Park
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Khangchendzonga National Park is in West Sikkim in northwestern India. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Geyzing
Geyzing, or Gyalshing, is the capital of West Sikkim. Attractions include Pemyangtse Monastery built in 1640, reputed to be Sikkim's oldest, and Khecheopalri Lake which as legend has it not a leaf is allowed to float on the surface.Yuksom
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Yuksom is a small village in Sikkim it serves as the starting point of the Dzongri - Goechala Trek. The 8 - 9 day trek is the most popular in Sikkim and leads to the base of the third highest mountain in the world, Kangchenjunga.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Pelling.
Pelling
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Pelling is a small town in West Sikkim. Pelling is famous for its magnificent views of the snow-capped mountains of Kanchenjunga. Situated at an altitude of 1,900 m, the location offers good views of the surrounding mountain ranges including the Koktang, Frey, Rathong, Kabru North and Kabru South, Kabru Dom, Talung Kanchenjunga, Pandim, Jopuno, Tinchikhang, Narsing and others.
West Sikkim
- Type: County with 136,000 residents
- Description: district of Sikkim, India
- Also known as: “Geyzing District” and “Gyalshing district”
- Historically known as: “West District”
- Neighbors: Darjeeling
- Category: district of India
- Location: Sikkim, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude of center
27.3333° or 27° 20′ northLongitude of center
88.25° or 88° 15′ eastPopulation
136,000Elevation
942 metres (3,091 feet)Abbreviation
“WDT”OpenStreetMap ID
node 316417032
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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: “West-Sikkim”
- 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”
- 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”
- “पश्चिम सिक्किम जिला”
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