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On December 21, 2021, the Government of Sikkim announced the formation of 2 new districts as well as the renaming of the existing 4 districts. North Sikkim district will now be called Mangan; West Sikkim district will be Gyalshing, East Sikkim district will now be Gangtok district and South Sikkim will be Namchi district. [1]
Pakyong district is a district in the Indian state of Sikkim, administered from Pakyong. [2] The district was formed in 2021 from three former subdivisions of the East Sikkim district, viz., Pakyong Subdivision, Rangpo Subdivision and Rongli Subdivision.
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2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election: Arithang ; Party Candidate Votes % ±% SKM: Shyam Pradhan : 4,026 : 57.92% : New: SDF: Udai Lama 2,420 34.82% 26.14 Independent
The new allocation included twelve reserved seats for Bhutia-Lepcha, two seats for Scheduled Castes, one seat for Sangha, and the remaining 17 seats were designated as general seats. [13] The third assembly was constituted in March 1985, followed by the fourth assembly in 1989, where the Sikkim Sangram Parishad won all 32 seats.
Singtam is located at It has an average elevation of 1396 feet. As the town lies on the bank of two rivers River Teesta and Ranikhola, so during Monsoon especially from June to September the volume of both the river increases heavily, as a result destruction is caused on the low lying areas of the town especially at Adarsh gaon and Jublee line part of the town.
In 1977 North Sikkim district became home to Khangchendzonga National Park, which has an area of 1,784 km 2 (688.8 sq mi). [14] It shares the park with West Sikkim district . It is also home to the Shingba ( rhododendron ) Wildlife Sanctuary , which was established in 1984 and has an area of 43 km 2 (16.6 sq mi).
Gangtok (Nepali: gāntok, Sikkimese: [ɡaŋt̪ʰòk]) is the capital and the most populous city of the Indian state of Sikkim.The seat of eponymous district, Gangtok is in the eastern Himalayan range, at an elevation of 1,650 m (5,410 ft).