Paechon County

Paech'ŏn County is a county in South Hwanghae province, .
  • Type: county of North Korea with 160,000 residents
  • Description: county of North Korea
  • Also known as: Baecheon”, “Baecheon-gun”, “Paech’on-gun”, and “Paekch’on-gun

Paechon County

Latitude
37.9778° or 37° 58′ 40″ north
Longitude
126.2883° or 126° 17′ 18″ east
Population
160,000
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
Open location code
8Q98X7HQ+48
Geo­Names ID
1873016
Wiki­data ID
Q705733
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Paechon County” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Paech’ŏn-gun
  • Chinese: Paech’ŏn Kūn
  • Chinese: 白川
  • Chinese: 白川郡
  • Greek: Μπέτσον-γκουν
  • Hungarian: Pecshon
  • Japanese: 白川郡
  • Korean: 배천
  • Korean: 배천군
  • Korean: 백천
  • Min Nan Chinese: Paech’ŏn Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Paekchon
  • Norwegian: Paekchon
  • Polish: Paech’ŏn
  • Swedish: Paech’ŏn-gun
  • Vietnamese: Paech‘ŏn
  • Vietnamese: Paechon
  • Welsh: Sir Paechon
  • Yue Chinese: 白川

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