Pongchon County
Pongch'ŏn County is located in South Hwanghae Province, North Korea. Formerly known as P'yŏngch'ŏn County, this county was split from P'yŏngsan County in 1952. In 1990, it was given its current name.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: county of North Korea with 7,970 residents
- Description: county of North Korea
- Also known as: “Bongcheon”, “Bongcheon-gun”, “P’yŏngch’ŏn”, “P’yŏngch’ŏn-gun”, and “Pongch’on-gun”
Pongchon County
- Location: South Hwanghae, North Korea, East Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Pongchon County” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pongch’ŏn-gun”
- Chinese: “Pongch’ŏn Kūn”
- Chinese: “峯泉”
- Chinese: “峯泉郡”
- Chinese: “峰泉郡”
- Greek: “Μπόνγκτσον-γκουν”
- Hungarian: “Pongcshon”
- Japanese: “峰泉郡”
- Korean: “봉천”
- Korean: “봉천군”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Pongch’ŏn Kūn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pongchon”
- Norwegian: “Pongchon”
- Polish: “Pongch’ŏn”
- Russian: “Пончхон”
- Swedish: “Pongch’ŏn-gun”
- Vietnamese: “Pongch’ŏn”
- Vietnamese: “Pongchon”
- Welsh: “Sir Pongchon”
- Yue Chinese: “峯泉”
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