Singye County

Sin'gye County is a county in North Hwanghae province, . It is a mining district with abandoned molybdenum and copper mines. In August 2026 massive floods affected the county.
Wikipedia
  • Type: county of North Korea with 78,600 residents
  • Description: county of North Korea
  • Also known as: “Sin-gye”, “Sin-gye-gun”, “Singye-gun”, and “신계”

Singye County

Latitude
38.5124° or 38° 30′ 45″ north
Longitude
126.5552° or 126° 33′ 19″ east
Population
78,600
Elevation
158 metres (518 feet)
Open location code
8QC8GH64+W3
Geo­Names ID
1870544
Wiki­data ID
Q705274
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Singye County” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “محافظة شنغي”
  • Cebuano: “Sin’gye-gun”
  • Chinese: “新溪郡”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Singje”
  • Greek: “Σίνγκιε-γκουν”
  • Hungarian: “Singje”
  • Japanese: “新渓郡”
  • Korean: “신계군”
  • Korean: “新溪”
  • Korean: “新溪郡”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sin’gye Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Singye”
  • Norwegian: “Singye”
  • Polish: “Sin’gye”
  • Swedish: “Sin’gye-gun”
  • Urdu: “سن گے کاؤنٹی”
  • Vietnamese: “Singye”
  • Welsh: “Sir Singye”
  • Yue Chinese: “新溪”

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