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Sikkim (state) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 27 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 27.0000 decimal degrees |
Long: 088 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 88.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Fought long wars with Nepal and Druk-Yul as an independent nation 18th-19th centuries; the influence of Great Britain began 1839 with the takeover of part of the region; acted as a neutral buffer zone between India under British and Tibet; protectorate of India from 1950. |
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Sikkim (preferred,C,V,English)
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Sikkim (French)
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Sikkim (Norwegian)
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State of Sikkim (C,V,O,English,U)
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Sikkim, State of (NA,V)
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Che-meng-hsiung (NA,V)
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Demjong (NA,V)
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Dremojong (NA,V)
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Kingdom of Sikkim (NA,V)
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Sikkim, Kingdom of (NA,V)
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Sikhim (NA,V)
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IN29 (NA,V,FIPS)
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Sikim (C,U,Upper Sorbian)
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Sikima (C,U,Latvian)
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Sikimas (C,U,Lithuanian)
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Sikimo (C,U,Esperanto)
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Siquim (C,U,Portuguese)
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Szikkim (C,U,Magyar (Hungarian))
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Сикким (C,U,Chechen)
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Сикким (Tajik)
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Сикким (Russian)
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ਸਿੱਕਮ (C,U,Panjabi, Eastern)
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ސިއްކީމް (C,U,Maldivian (Divehi))
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Сиким (C,U,Serbian)
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Сиким (Macedonian)
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Сиким (Bulgarian)
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سکم (C,U,Urdu)
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سکم (Panjabi, Western)
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سيكيم (C,U,Arabic)
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సిక్కిం (C,U,Telugu)
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סיקים (C,U,Hebrew )
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سیکیم (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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سیکیم (Northern Luri)
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錫金 (C,U,Chinese, Yue)
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ছিক্কিম (C,U,Assamese)
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सिक्किम (C,U,Nepali)
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सिक्किम (Hindi)
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सिक्किम (Marathi)
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सिक्किम (Newari)
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सिक्किम (Bihari languages)
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سککم (C,U,Kashmiri)
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Σικκίμ (C,U,Greek)
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සිකිම් (C,U,Sinhala)
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ಸಿಕ್ಕಿಂ (C,U,Kannada)
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سيکيم (C,U,Pashto)
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시킴 주 (C,U,Korean)
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ସିକିମ (C,U,Odia)
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ဆစ်ကင်ပြည်နယ် (C,U,Burmese)
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Сікім (C,U,Belarusian)
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锡金 (C,U,Chinese)
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Сіккім (C,U,Ukrainian)
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সিক্কিম (C,U,Bengali)
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സിക്കിം (C,U,Malayalam)
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સિક્કિમ (C,U,Gujarati)
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சிக்கிம் (C,U,Tamil)
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सिक्किमराज्यम् (C,U,Sanskrit)
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სიკიმი (C,U,Georgian)
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სიკიმი (Mingrelian)
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รัฐสิกขิม (C,U,Thai)
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সিকিম (C,U,Bishnupriya Manipuri)
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འབྲས་ལྗོངས། (C,U,Tibetan)
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シッキム州 (C,U,Japanese)
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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state (preferred, C) |
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merged with India April 15, 1975 |
first level subdivision (C) |
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