Yomju County

Yŏmju County is a kun, or county, in northwestern province, , on the coast of the Yellow Sea. It is bordered by Ryongch'ŏn and to the north, to the east, and to the south; to the west lies the ocean.
  • Type: county of North Korea with 114,000 residents
  • Description: county of North Korea
  • Also known as: Yeomju”, “Yeomju-gun”, and “Yomju-gun

Yomju County

Latitude
39.867° or 39° 52′ 1″ north
Longitude
124.5319° or 124° 31′ 55″ east
Population
114,000
Elevation
37 metres (121 feet)
Open location code
8QF6VG8J+QP
Geo­Names ID
1866590
Wiki­data ID
Q705815
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Yomju County” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Yŏmju-gun
  • Chinese: Yŏmju Kūn
  • Chinese: 盐州郡
  • Chinese: 鹽州郡
  • French: Arrondissement de Yomju
  • French: Yomju
  • Greek: Γιόμτζου-γκουν
  • Hungarian: Jomdzsu
  • Japanese: 塩州郡
  • Korean: 염주
  • Korean: 염주군
  • Min Nan Chinese: Yŏmju Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Yomju
  • Norwegian: Yomju
  • Polish: Yŏmju
  • Russian: Йомджу
  • Swedish: Yŏmju-gun
  • Urdu: یومجو کاؤنٹی
  • Vietnamese: Yomju
  • Vietnamese: Yŏmju
  • Welsh: Sir Yomju
  • Yue Chinese: 鹽州郡
  • Yŏmju-gun

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