Pihyon County

Phihyŏn is a kun, or county, in northwestern province, . It is bounded to the north by , to the east by , to the south by and , and to the west by Ryongchŏn and the large city of .
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  • Type: county of North Korea with 111,000 residents
  • Description: county of North Korea
  • Also known as: P’ihyon-gun”, “Phihyon county”, “Pihyeon”, and “Pihyeon-gun

Pihyon County

Latitude
40.0456° or 40° 2′ 44″ north
Longitude
124.5789° or 124° 34′ 44″ east
Population
111,000
Elevation
51 metres (167 feet)
Open location code
8QG62HWH+6H
Geo­Names ID
1872626
Wiki­data ID
Q706054
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Pihyon County” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: P’ihyŏn-gun
  • Chinese: P’ihyŏn Kūn
  • Chinese: 枇岘郡
  • Chinese: 枇峴郡
  • French: Arrondissement de Pihyon
  • French: Pihyon
  • Greek: Πίχιον-γκουν
  • Hungarian: Phihjon
  • Japanese: 枇峴郡
  • Korean: 피현
  • Korean: 피현군
  • Min Nan Chinese: P’ihyŏn Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Pihyon
  • Norwegian: Pihyon
  • Polish: P’ihyŏn
  • Russian: Пхихён
  • Swedish: P’ihyŏn-gun
  • Vietnamese: P’ihyŏn
  • Vietnamese: Phihyon
  • Vietnamese: Pihyon
  • Welsh: Sir Pihyon
  • Yue Chinese: 枇峴郡
  • Pʼihyŏn-gun

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