Sunchon
Sunch'ŏn is a city in South Pyongan province, North Korea. It has a population of 297,317, and is home to various manufacturing plants. The city is on the Taedong River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: City with 437,000 residents
- Description: city in North Korea
- Also known as: “Junsen”, “Sunch’on”, “Sunch’ŏn-dong”, “Sunch’ŏn-ŭp”, and “Sunchon City”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sunchon station and Sillyeonpo.
Sunchon station
Railway station
Sunchon station is a railway station in Sunch'ŏn municipal city, South P'yŏngan province, North Korea on the P'yŏngra Line of the Korean State Railway; it is also the starting point of the Manp'o Line.
Sillyeonpo
Railway station
Sillyŏnp'o station is a railway station in Sil-li, Sunch'ŏn city, South P'yŏngan province, North Korea, on the P'yŏngra Line of the Korean State Railway.
Sunchon
- Categories: city of North Korea, big city, and locality
- Location: Sunch’ŏn-si, South P’yŏngan Province, North Korea, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.4196° or 39° 25′ 11″ northLongitude
125.9477° or 125° 56′ 52″ eastPopulation
437,000Elevation
72 metres (236 feet)Open location code
8QF7CW9X+V3OpenStreetMap ID
node 9310138938OpenStreetMap feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
1869012Wikidata ID
Q715946
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Sunchon” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سون تشون”
- Bengali: “সানকন”
- Chinese: “Sunch’ŏn Chhī”
- Chinese: “順川市”
- Chinese: “顺川市”
- Czech: “Sunčchon”
- Danish: “Sunchon”
- Dutch: “Sunchon”
- Finnish: “Suncheon”
- Finnish: “Sunchon”
- French: “Sunchon”
- German: “Sunch’ŏn (Nordkorea)”
- German: “Sunch’ŏn”
- Greek: “Σούντσον”
- Gujarati: “સંચન”
- Hebrew: “סאנצ’ון”
- Hindi: “सुन्चों”
- Hungarian: “Szuncshon”
- Indonesian: “Sunchon”
- Irish: “Sunchon”
- Italian: “Sunchon”
- Japanese: “順川”
- Japanese: “順川市”
- Japanese: “順川郡”
- Kannada: “ಸನ್ಚನ್”
- Korean: “순천군”
- Korean: “순천시”
- Korean: “자산군”
- Latvian: “Sunčhona”
- Lithuanian: “Sunčonas”
- Malay: “Sunchon”
- Marathi: “सॅनचों”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Sunch’ŏn Chhī”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sunchon”
- Norwegian: “Sunchon”
- Persian: “سونچون”
- Polish: “Sunch’ŏn”
- Portuguese: “Sunchon”
- Russian: “Сунчхон”
- Scots: “Sunchon”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Sunch’ŏn”
- Sinhala: “සන්චන්”
- Spanish: “Sunchon”
- Swedish: “Sunchon”
- Tamil: “சுன்சொன்”
- Tatar: “Сунчон”
- Telugu: “సంచోన్”
- Thai: “ซุนช็อน”
- Turkish: “Sunchon”
- Ukrainian: “Сунчхон”
- Urdu: “سؤنچون”
- Venetian: “Sunchon”
- Vietnamese: “Sunch’ŏn”
- Vietnamese: “Sunchon, Bắc Triều Tiên”
- Vietnamese: “Sunchon”
- Vietnamese: “Thuận Xuyên”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Yeokjeon-dong and Sungeum-dong.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Galseom Island and Sunchon Power Plant.
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