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Darjeeling

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Darjeeling

Town and health resort in West Bengal, northeast India; situated 2,150 m/7,000 ft above sea level, on the southern slopes of the Himalayas; population (2001) 107,500. The centre of a tea-producing district, it is connected by rail with Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), 595 km/370 mi to the south. Formerly the summer capital of the British administration in Bengal, it remains a popular hill resort.
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