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Pakyong | |
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 View of Pakyong Airport in Pakyong (Sikkim) | |
  Pakyong Location in Sikkim, India  Pakyong Pakyong (India)  Pakyong Pakyong (Asia) | |
| Coordinates: 27°14′22″N 88°35′46″E / 27.2394°N 88.5961°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Sikkim |
| District | Pakyong |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Council |
| • Body | Pakyong Municipal Council |
| Elevation | 1,120 m (3,670 ft) |
| Languages[1][2] | |
| • Official | |
| • Additional official | |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 737 106 |
| Telephone code | 03592 |
| Vehicle registration | SK 07 |
| Climate | Cwb |
| Lok Sabha | Sikkim Constituency |
| Vidhan Sabha | Gnathang-Machong, Rhenock, Namcheybung |
| Website | pakyongdistrict |
Pakyong (Nepali pronunciation: [pakːim]) is a 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, which is not operational. The "National Research Centre for Orchids" (ICAR Institute) is also located here.[3]
- ^ "1977 Sikkim government gazette" (PDF). sikkim.gov.in. Governor of Sikkim. p. 188. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ "50th Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). 16 July 2014. p. 109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ http://www.sikkim.nic.in/nrco.htm [permanent dead link]