Lachung

Lachung

India
 village, northeastern Sikkim state, northeastern India. It is located on the Lachung River, a tributary of the Tista (Tista River). A small trading centre (corn [maize] and pulses), it is equipped with a dispensary, rest house, and monastery and is linked to Gangtok, Sikkim's capital, 27 miles (43 km) south, by the North Sikkim Highway. It is the site of a government agricultural station. To the north of its bazaar are seasonal grazing settlements, while to the south many hamlets are perched along the riverbanks. A trail from Lachung leads east to the Tibetan border pass of Thang Kar. Pop (2001) 2,800.

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