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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]
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East Grand Rapids is a city in Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,371. [4] The city is part of the Grand Rapids metropolitan area, including Grand Rapids and Grand Rapids Township, but the city is administered autonomously.
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The neighborhood is bounded on the north by Fulton Street, on the east by the city border with East Grand Rapids, on the south by Martin Luther King Street, and on the west by Fuller Avenue. The center of the neighborhood is the main business district surrounding the five-way intersection of Wealthy Street, Lake Drive, and Norwood Avenue.
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 District [2] is an administrative district of the Indian state of Sikkim.It was renamed in 2021 as a result of administrative reorganisation of the state, which also saw three subdivisions of the East Sikkim district spawned off as a separate Pakyong district.
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.