Lebong owes its name to the Lepcha word 'Alibong' or 'tongue shaped spur'
Lebong is is a valley roughly 1,000 feet below and 8 miles away from Darjeeling town. This place frew early British settlers owing to its temperate climate. As the writer of the postcard writes "it is right on the Frontier of Tibet."Lebong is is a valley roughly 1,000 feet below and 8 miles away from Darjeeling town. This place frew early British settlers owing to its temperate climate. As the writer of the postcard writes "it is right on the Frontier of Tibet."