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It lies in the border region between Koshi Province of Nepal and Sikkim state of India, with the West and Kangbachen peaks located in Nepal's Taplejung District and the Main, Central and South peaks directly on the border.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"type","label":"Type","values":[{"text":"mountain","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8502"},{"text":"sacred mountain","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1595289"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82019#P31"}},{"key":"located_in","label":"Located in","values":[{"text":"Taplejung District (district of Nepal)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28590","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/taplejung-district"},{"text":"Koshi Province (province of Nepal)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25104008","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/koshi-province"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82019#P131"}},{"key":"elevation","label":"Elevation","values":[{"text":"8,586 m","value":8586.0}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82019#P2044"}},{"key":"prominence","label":"Prominence","values":[{"text":"3,922 m","value":3922.0}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82019#P2660"}},{"key":"range","label":"Mountain range","values":[{"text":"Himalayas","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5451","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/himalayas"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82019#P4552"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangchenjunga","https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%9E%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%98%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82019"],"faq":[{"q":"Where is Kangchenjunga located?","a":"Kangchenjunga is located in Taplejung District, Koshi Province, Nepal."},{"q":"What is the elevation of Kangchenjunga?","a":"Kangchenjunga is at an elevation of 8,586 m above sea level."}],"related":[],"places_in":[],"nearby":[{"name":"Gimmigela Chuli","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/gimmigela-chuli","km":3.4},{"name":"Kabru","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/kabru","km":8.1},{"name":"2011 Sikkim earthquake","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/2011-sikkim-earthquake","km":8.5},{"name":"Kirat Chuli","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/kirat-chuli","km":10.4},{"name":"Kumbhakarna Mountain","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/kumbhakarna-mountain","km":11.9},{"name":"Kanchenjunga Conservation Area","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/kanchenjunga-conservation-area","km":21.6}],"image":{"url":"https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Kangchenjunga_PangPema.JPG/960px-Kangchenjunga_PangPema.JPG","width":640,"height":360,"license":"CC BY 3.0","credit":"Tomabarker","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kangchenjunga_PangPema.JPG"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Kangchenjunga","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangchenjunga","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikipedia (Nepali): कञ्चनजङ्घा हिमाल","url":"https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%9E%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%98%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q82019","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82019","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Kangchenjunga PangPema.JPG by Tomabarker (CC BY 3.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kangchenjunga_PangPema.JPG","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Kangchenjunga, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Kangchenjunga PangPema.JPG — Tomabarker, CC BY 3.0.","cite":"\"Kangchenjunga\". DigiNepal. Last updated 12 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/kangchenjunga. Retrieved 21 October 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-12T16:25:36Z","facts_checked":"2026-10-21","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/places/kangchenjunga","en":"https://diginpl.com/places/kangchenjunga","ne":"https://diginpl.com/places/kangchenjunga?lang=ne"}}