Nyongbyon County

Nyŏngbyŏn is a county in , . It borders the cities of and Anju, and covers an area of 504 km2.
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  • Type: county of North Korea with 114,000 residents
  • Description: county in North P’yŏngan, North Korea
  • Also known as: Nēhen-gun”, “Neihen-gun”, “Nyongbyon-gun”, “Nyongbyon-kun”, “Yeongbyeon”, “Yeongbyeon-gun”, “Yongbyon County”, “Yongbyon-gun”, “Yŏngbyŏn-gun”, and “Yongbyon-kun

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yongbyon Nuclear Research Institute.

The Nyongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center is 's major nuclear facility, operating its first nuclear reactors. It is located in Nyongbyon County in , about 100 km north of .

Nyongbyon County

Latitude
39.8116° or 39° 48′ 42″ north
Longitude
125.7724° or 125° 46′ 21″ east
Population
114,000
Elevation
214 metres (702 feet)
Open location code
8QF7RQ6C+MW
Geo­Names ID
1866454
Wiki­data ID
Q4984076
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Yue Chinese—“Nyongbyon County” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: Ёнбён
  • Cebuano: Nyŏngbyŏn-gun
  • Chinese: Nyŏngbyŏn Kūn
  • Chinese: 寧邊郡
  • Dutch: Nyŏngbyŏn
  • Dutch: Yongbyon
  • Esperanto: Jongbjono
  • French: Arrondissement de Nyŏngbyŏn
  • French: Nyongbyon
  • French: Nyŏngbyŏn
  • French: Yŏngbyŏn
  • German: Nyongbyon-gun
  • German: Nyŏngbyŏn-gun
  • Greek: Νιόνγκμπιον-γκουν
  • Hungarian: Njongbjon
  • Japanese: 寧辺郡
  • Korean: 녕변
  • Korean: 녕변군/영변군
  • Korean: 녕변군
  • Korean: 영변
  • Korean: 영변군
  • Malay: Yongbyon
  • Min Nan Chinese: Nyŏngbyŏn Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Nyongbyon
  • Norwegian: Nyongbyon
  • Polish: Nyŏngbyŏn
  • Russian: Йонбён
  • Russian: Нёнбён
  • Scots: Nyongbyon
  • Swedish: Nyŏngbyŏn-gun
  • Vietnamese: Nyongbyon
  • Welsh: Sir Nyongbyon
  • Yue Chinese: 寧邊郡
  • Nyŏngbyŏn-gun

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