Sindo County

Sindo is a kun in the province of . Most of the county consists of , an island in the estuary of the Yalu River. Sindo was established as a separate county in 1991; previously, it had been part of Ryongch'ŏn, although it had enjoyed a brief existence as a separate county in 1967.
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  • Type: Locality with 11,800 residents
  • Description: county of North Korea
  • Also known as: Sindo-kun”, “Sindo-ri”, “Sindo-ŭp”, and “신도

Sindo County

Latitude
39.80639° or 39° 48′ 23″ north
Longitude
124.23417° or 124° 14′ 3″ east
Population
11,800
Elevation
25 metres (82 feet)
Open location code
8QF6R64M+HM
Geo­Names ID
1870586
Wiki­data ID
Q702644
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Sindo County” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Sindo-gun
  • Chinese: Sindo Kūn
  • Chinese: 薪岛郡
  • Chinese: 薪島郡
  • French: Arrondissement de Sindo
  • French: Hwanggumpyong
  • French: Sindo
  • Greek: Σίντο-γκουν
  • Hungarian: Sindo
  • Japanese: 薪島郡
  • Korean: 신도군
  • Min Nan Chinese: Sindo Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Sindo
  • Norwegian: Sindo
  • Polish: Sindo
  • Russian: Синдо
  • Swedish: Sindo-gun
  • Ukrainian: Сіндо
  • Vietnamese: Sindo, Bắc Triều Tiên
  • Vietnamese: Sindo
  • Welsh: Sir Sindo
  • Yue Chinese: 薪島郡
  • Sindo-gun

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