Pakyong
Sign in to savePakyong () is a Municipal city and district headquarters of Pakyong district in the Indian state of Sikkim, located in the foothills of the Himalayas. Pakyong Airport is the only airport of Sikkim. The "National Research Centre for Orchids" (ICAR Institute) is also located here.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Pakyong
- Settlement.settlement_type
- MunicipalCity
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Pakyong Airport, Gangtok.png
- Settlement.image_alt
- View of Pakyong Airport in Pakyong (Sikkim)
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of Pakyong Airport in Pakyong (Sikkim)
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Sikkim#India3#Asia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Sikkim, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Sikkim
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Pakyong
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipal Council
- Settlement.governing_body
- Pakyong Municipal Council
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 1120
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Pakyong district
- Elevation
- 1120
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
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Pakyong () is a Municipal city and district headquarters of Pakyong district in the Indian state of Sikkim, located in the foothills of the Himalayas. Pakyong Airport is the only airport of Sikkim. The "National Research Centre for Orchids" (ICAR Institute) is also located here.
== History ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pakyong” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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