Tongchon County

T'ongch'ŏn County is a kun, or county, in Kangwŏn province, . It abuts the to the north and east. Famous people from T'ongch'ŏn include Hyundai Founder Chung Ju-yung, who is believed to have been born there.
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  • County of North Korea with 89,400 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 117 metres (384 feet)
  • Also known as
    “T’ongch’on-gun”
    “Thongchon County”
    “Tongcheon”
    “Tongcheon-gun”
    “Tongchon-kun”

Tongchon County

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Latitude
38.9537° or 38° 57′ 13″ north
Longitude
127.7869° or 127° 47′ 13″ east
Open location code
8QC9XQ3P+FQ
Geo­Names ID
1867930
Wiki­data ID
Q487587

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Tongchon County” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “T’ongch’ŏn-gun”
  • Chinese: “通川郡”
  • Danish: “Tongchon”
  • Greek: “Τόνγκτσον-γκουν”
  • Hebrew: “נפת טונגצ’ון”
  • Hungarian: “Thongcshon”
  • Japanese: “通川郡”
  • Korean: “통천”
  • Korean: “통천군”
  • Korean: “흡곡군”
  • Malay: “T’ongch’ŏn”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “T’ongch’ŏn Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tongchon”
  • Norwegian: “Tongchon”
  • Persian: “تانگچون”
  • Persian: “شهرستان تونگچون”
  • Polish: “T’ongch’ŏn”
  • Russian: “Тхончхон”
  • Spanish: “Tongchon”
  • Swedish: “T’ongch’ŏn-gun”
  • Urdu: “تونگ چون کاؤنٹی”
  • Vietnamese: “T’ongch’ŏn”
  • Vietnamese: “Tongchon”
  • Welsh: “Sir Tongchon”
  • Yue Chinese: “通川”

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