Darjeeling (city)

Darjeeling is a city of the Indian State of the Western Bengal and centers it of an area bearing this same name, located in the hills at the foot of the the Himalayas, evolving/moving between 2.000 and 3.000 Mètre S of altitude to the top of the Sea level. Darjeeling is the chief town of the of the same district name.

The area is particularly known for its The. The of Darjeeling one of more was from time immemorial appreciated among the black teas, in particular in Great Britain and in the countries which belonged to the British Empire.

The Counterfeit and the black-market are a serious problem for the market of the. The volume of the currently sold in the world under the name of Darjeeling exceeds the 40.000 ton S, whereas the annual production of the area of Darjeeling itself is estimated at only 8.000 to 11.000 tons, this including local consumption. To face this situation, Tea Board off India manages Darjeeling certification mark and logo.

In theory, the town of Darjeeling can be reached by the Himalayan railroad of Darjiling (called Toy Train , the “Train toy”) coming from New-Jalpaiguri (correspondence with the trains coming from Calcutta, Delhi, Gauhati, but the service is extremely irregular because the way is often carried by landslides (especially during monsoon) and the voyage hard from 5 to 6 a.m. for a way of 80 kilometers. The foreign tourists take the toy train . The other travellers travel by the bus (on the basis of the town of Siliguri) which makes the same way in 2:30. The road follows the railroad and crosses it to various recoveries. This railroad is registered on the Liste of the world heritage of UNESCO.

Chakpori Institute of medicine Tibetan

After the Chinese invasion of the Tibet, and the destruction of the Chakpori Institute of medicine Tibetan by the Chinese army, the Institut Chakpori of medicine Tibetan was refondé in Darjeeling in India and trains doctors Tibetans. One teaches there and one develops to with it today Medicine Tibetan in exile.

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