Sikkim

Sikkim
State
(clockwise from top) Kangchenjunga; Gurudongmar Lake; Rumtek Monastery; Temi Tea Garden
Selyo
Pinaghalean nin pangaran: New Palace
Mga palayaw:  "Valley of Rice"
Motto:  Kham sum wangdu (Conqueror of the three worlds)
Hiwas
• State	7,096 km2 (2,740 sq mi)
Ranggo nin hiwas	27th
Mga dimensyon
• Laba	116 km (72 mi)
• Lakwat	65 km (40 mi)
Elebasyon	1,650 m (5,410 ft)
Pinakahalangkaw na elebasyon (Kangchenjunga[1])	8,586 m (28,169 ft)
Pinakahababang elebasyon (border with West Bengal[2])	280 m (920 ft)
Populasyon (2011)[3]
• State	Plantilya:IncreaseNeutral 610,577
• Ranggo	32nd
• Urban	25.15%
• Rural	74.85%
Kodang ISO 3166	IN-SK
Rehistradong behikulo	SK
Websityo	www.sikkim.gov.in

An Sikkim (/ˈsɪkɪm/; Pagsayod sa Nepali: [ˈsikːim]) iyo an estado sa amihanan-subangan na Indya. Napapalibotan iyan kan Awtonomong Rehiyon kan Tibet kan Tsina sa amihanan asin amihanan-subangan, Bhutan sa subangan, Koshi Province kan Nepal sa solnopan, asin West Bengal sa habagatan. Harani man an Sikkim sa Siliguri Corridor, na nagpapalibot sa Bangladesh. An Sikkim iyo an bakong matawo asin ikaduwang pinakasadit sa gabos na mga estado kan Indya. Namomogtak sa Subangan na Himalaya, an Sikkim notable huli sa saiyang biodibersidad, kabali an alpine asin subtropical na mga klima, siring man an pagigin host sa Kangchenjunga, ab pinakahalangkaw na tuktok sa Indya asin ikatulong pinakahalangkaw sa Kinaban.^[10] An kabisera asin pinakadakulang syudad kan Sikkim iyo an Gangtok. Haros 35% kan estado natatahoban kan Khangchendzonga National Park – a UNESCO World Heritage Site.^[11]

1. ↑ "Kangchenjunga - Peakware World Mountain Encyclcopedia". 20 February 2009. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2023. 
2. ↑ "Sikkim Information". cus.ac.in. Retrieved 24 March 2023. 
3. ↑ Error sa pag-cite: Imbalidong <ref> tatak; mayong teksto na ipinagtao para sa reperensiya na pinagngaranan na Cens2011Up
4. ↑ "1977 Sikkim government gazette" (PDF). sikkim.gov.in (in English). Governor of Sikkim. p. 188. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018. 
5. ↑ "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 6 November 2016.  Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
6. ↑ Dhar, T. N.; S. P. Gupta (1999). Tourism in Indian Himalaya. Lucknow: Indian Institute of Public Administration. p. 192. OCLC 42717797. 
7. ↑ "Sikkim declares 'Katley' as State fish". https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/sikkim-declares-katley-as-state-fish/article36547120.ece. 
8. ↑ "States and Union Territories Symbols". knowindia.gov.in. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2016.  Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
9. ↑ "Flora and Fauna". sikkimtourism.gov.in. Archived from the original on 17 April 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2016.  Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
10. ↑ O'Neill, Alexander (25 February 2020). "Establishing Ecological Baselines Around a Temperate Himalayan Peatland". Wetlands Ecology & Management 28 (2): 375–388. doi:10.1007/s11273-020-09710-7. 
11. ↑ O'Neill, Alexander (29 March 2017). "Sikkim claims India's first mixed-criteria UNESCO World Heritage Site". Current Science 112 (5): 893–994. http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/112/05/0893.pdf. Retrieved on 11 May 2017.