Gangtok

Gangtok is located at 27.3325°N 88.6140°E (coordinates of Gangtok head post office).^[2] It is in the lower Himalayas at an elevation of 1,650 m (5,410 ft).^[14] The town is on the side of a hill, with "The Ridge",^[8][15] a promenade with the Raj Bhawan, the governor's residence, at one end and the palace, at an altitude of about 1,800 m (5,900 ft), at the other. The city is flanked east and west by two streams, Roro Chu and Ranikhola.^[13] These two rivers divide the natural drainage into two parts, eastern and western. Both streams meet the Ranipul and flow south as the Ranikhola before joining the Teesta at Singtam.^[13] Most roads are steep, with the buildings built on compacted ground alongside them.^[16]