# Sikkim

*Para keng aliwang gamit, lawen ye ing Sikkim (disambiguation).*

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|   ?**SuKhyim** India |
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 **Gangtok**
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| **Coordinates:** ﻿ / ﻿ |
| **Oras zona** | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| **Lualas** | 7,110 km² (2,745 sq mi) |
| **Tungku** | Gangtok |
| **Pekamaragul a lakanbalen** | Gangtok |
| **Distritu)** | 4 |
| **Populasiun** • Pangasiksik | 540,493 (28th) • |
| **Amanu** | Nepali, Limbu, Bhutia, Lepcha |
| **Governor** | Balmiki Prasad Singh |
| **Chief Minister** | Pawan Chamling |
| **Established** | 16 May 1975 |
| **Legislature** (seats) | Unicameral (32) |
| **ISO abbreviation** | IN-SK |
| **Website**: www.sikkim.nic.in |
| Seal of SuKhyim |

Ing **Sikkim** (Nepali: सिक्किम ; bukud kaniti, **Drejong**), metung yang estadung alang bebe dayatmalat king India a atiu king kabundukang Himalaya. Iti ing estadung ditak dili tau king India, ampo ing kaduang pekamalati king lapad, kaibat ning Goa. Kalele ne ing Nepal king albugan, Tibet Autonomous Region ning China king pangulu ampong aslagan, ampong Bhutan king mauli-aslagan. Ing English ing opisial a amanu, dapot makapagsalita yang Nepali (ing *lingua franca* ning estadu) ing maragul nang dake ning populasiun, bukud pa king Lepcha, Bhutia, ampong Limbu. Ya kabud kareng estadu ning India nung nu Nepali ing lahi da reng keraklan. Metung yang matua nang labuad a ausan da mu namang *Indrakil*, "ing mula o hardin nang Indra," ing ari ampong dios ning banua kareng kasulatang banal a Hindu. Deng manimunang relihiun ila reng Hinduism ampong Vajrayana Buddhism. Ing Gangtok ing tungku (capitoliu o cabecera) ampo ing pekamaragul a balen.

Lipat ning kayang lati - maki lapad ya mung 2,745 sq mi (7,110 km²) - miayaliwa heograpia, uli ning kabilian na king Himalaya. Miayaliwa ya murin ing clima, manibat king *subtropical* o mapaling bagia king matas a *alpine*. Ing Kangchenjunga, ing katlung pekamatas a bunduk king yatu, atiu king dake nang pangulu-albugan ning estadu king angganan ning Nepal, at mayayakit ya kareng keraklan nang dake ning estadu. Metung yang sikat a pupuntalan da reng turista ing Sikkim uli ning kayang cultura, sintingan da reng mayayakit keti, ampong pamialiwa-liwa da reng kayang mabibie (*biodiversity*).

## Lon la murin deti

* List of Indian Princely States

## Dalerayan

* Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
* Haribal, Meena (1992) Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History. Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
* Hooker, Joseph Dalton "Himalayan Journals" Ward, Lock, Bowden & Co. Assistant-director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
* *Holidaying in Sikkim and Bhutan* – published by *Nest and Wings* – ISBN 81-87592-07-9
* *Sikkim — Land of Mystic and Splendour* – published by *Sikkim Tourism*.
* *Manorama Yearbook 2003* – ISBN 81-900461-8-7

## Suglung palual

Ing Wikimedia Commons atin yang mediang maki kaugnayan kang/king:
 Sikkim Native-NE: The Community Website of North East India Archived Setyembri 29, 2008 at the Wayback Machine
* Official website of the Government of Sikkim, Maintained by Department of Information Technology
* Details of the census. Archived from the original on 2006-06-19. Retrieved on 2009-03-01.
* Ecosystem of Sikkim Archived Pebreru 7, 2005 at the Wayback Machine — Flora, Fauna, Mountain passes, climate mentioned here.
* History of Sikkim Archived Abril 22, 2008 at the Wayback Machine
* Sinlung News
* Sikkim state statistics Archived Oktubri 31, 2005 at the Wayback Machine Figures on Sikkim's population, per capita income, density etc.
* Buddhist Monasteries of Sikkim
* China backs India's bid for U.N. Council seat Archived Abril 14, 2005 at the Wayback Machine; Amit Baruah; *The Hindu* 2005-04-12.
* Historic India-China link opens, BBC News.
* Sikkim at the Open Directory Project
* Sikkim travel guide from Wikivoyage