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ID: 1075303
Page Link:
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Record Type:
administrative
Gangtok (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 27 19 33 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 27.3257
decimal degrees
Long: 088 36 44 E
degrees minutes
Long: 88.6122
decimal degrees
Note:
Name means "top of the hill"; government seat of Sikkim kingdom until abrogation of monarchy 1975; inhabitants include such ethnic groups as Indian, Nepalese, Tibetan, and Lepchā; exports cardamom; market center for rice, corn, and pulses.
Names:
Gangtok
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Hierarchical Position:
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Asia
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India
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Sikkim
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Gangtok
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Place Types:
inhabited place (
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town (
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state capital (
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administrative center (
C
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market center (
C
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regional capital (
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Sources and Contributors:
Gangtok..........
[
VP Preferred
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
V, 111
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NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
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Times Atlas of the World (1994)
7
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
538
Subject:
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VP
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
V, 111
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NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-2095904
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Times Atlas of the World (1994)
7
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
538
Note:
English
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