Sangwon County

Sangwŏn County is a county of North Hwanghae, formerly one of the four suburban counties located in east , . Prior to 1952, Sangwŏn was merely a township of County.
  • Type: county of North Korea with 92,800 residents
  • Description: county of North Korea
  • Also known as: Sangwŏn County” and “Sangwon-gun

Sangwon County

Latitude
38.8603° or 38° 51′ 37″ north
Longitude
126.0708° or 126° 4′ 15″ east
Population
92,800
Elevation
184 metres (604 feet)
Open location code
8QC8V36C+48
Geo­Names ID
1870984
Wiki­data ID
Q705055
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Sangwon County” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: محافظة سانغوون
  • Cebuano: Sangwŏn-gun
  • Chinese: Sangwŏn Kūn
  • Chinese: 祥原
  • Chinese: 祥原郡
  • Esperanto: Kantono Sangŭon
  • Greek: Σάνγουον-γκουν
  • Hungarian: Szangvon
  • Japanese: 祥原郡
  • Korean: 상원군
  • Min Nan Chinese: Sangwŏn Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Sangwon
  • Norwegian: Sangwon
  • Polish: Sang’wŏn
  • Polish: Sangwon
  • Polish: Sangwŏn
  • Portuguese: Sangwŏn-gun
  • Swedish: Sangwŏn-gun
  • Vietnamese: Sangwon
  • Welsh: Sir Sangwon
  • Yue Chinese: 祥原
  • Sangwŏn-gun

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