Pakchon County

Pakch'ŏn County is a kun, or county, in southern province, . It is bordered to the north by , to the east and southeast by , and to the west by counties.
  • Type: county of North Korea with 98,100 residents
  • Description: county, in southern North Pyongan province, North Korea
  • Also known as: Bakcheon”, “Bakcheon-gun”, and “Pakch’on

Pakchon County

Latitude
39.6859° or 39° 41′ 9″ north
Longitude
125.6174° or 125° 37′ 3″ east
Population
98,100
Elevation
26 metres (85 feet)
Open location code
8QF7MJP8+9X
Geo­Names ID
1872819
Wiki­data ID
Q705768
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Pakchon County” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Pakch’ŏn-gun
  • Chinese: Pakch’ŏn Kūn
  • Chinese: 博川郡
  • French: Arrondissement de Pakchon
  • French: Pakchon
  • Greek: Μπάκτσον-γκουν
  • Hungarian: Pakcshon
  • Japanese: 博川
  • Japanese: 博川郡
  • Korean: P’och’ŏn-gun
  • Korean: Pakch’ŏn-gun
  • Korean: 박천
  • Korean: 박천군
  • Korean: 포천군
  • Min Nan Chinese: Pakch’ŏn Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Pakchon
  • Norwegian: Pakchon
  • Polish: Pakch’ŏn
  • Russian: Пакчхон
  • Scots: Pakchon
  • Swedish: Pakch’ŏn-gun
  • Vietnamese: Pakch’ŏn
  • Vietnamese: Pakchon
  • Welsh: Sir Pakchon
  • Yue Chinese: 博川郡
  • Pakchʼŏn-gun

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