Sunchon

Sunch'ŏn is a city in South Pyongan province, . It has a population of 297,317, and is home to various manufacturing plants. The city is on the Taedong River.
Wikipedia
  • City with 437,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 72 metres (236 feet)
  • Description: city in North Korea
  • Also known as
    “Junsen”
    “Sunch’ŏn-dong”
    “Sunch’ŏn-ŭp”
    “Sunchon City”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sunchon station and Sillyeonpo.
is a railway station in Sunch'ŏn…
Sillyŏnp'o station is a railway station in Sil-li…
Taegŏn station is a railway station in Chŭngsan-dong…

Sunchon

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Latitude
39.4196° or 39° 25′ 11″ north
Longitude
125.9477° or 125° 56′ 52″ east
Open location code
8QF7CW9X+V3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9310138938
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1869012
Wiki­data ID
Q715946

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Sunchon” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سون تشون”
  • Bengali: “সানকন”
  • 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: “Сунчон”
  • 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”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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