Onchon County
Onch'ŏn County is a county in South P'yŏngan province, North Korea. It is administered as part of Namp'o Special City.
- Type: county of North Korea with 150,000 residents
- Description: county of North Korea
- Also known as: “Onch’on-gun”, “Oncheon”, “Oncheon-gun”, and “Oncheongun”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pyongnam Oncheon and Ryonggang Hot Spa Hotel.
Pyongnam Oncheon
Railway station
P'yŏngnam Onch'ŏn station is a railway station in Onch'ŏn-ŭp, Onch'ŏn county, Namp'o Special City, North Korea, the northern terminus of the P'yŏngnam Line of the Korean State Railway; it was also the southern terminus of the now-closed Namdong Line.
Onchon County
Latitude
38.8691° or 38° 52′ 9″ north
Longitude
125.2366° or 125° 14′ 12″ east
Population
150,000
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
Open location code
8QC7V69P+MJ
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Onchon County” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “محافظة أونتشون”
- Cebuano: “Onch’ŏn-gun”
- Chinese: “Onch’ŏn Kūn”
- Chinese: “温泉郡”
- Chinese: “溫泉郡”
- Greek: “Όντσον-γκουν”
- Japanese: “温泉郡”
- Korean: “온천”
- Korean: “온천군”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Onch’ŏn Kūn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Onchon”
- Norwegian: “Onchon”
- Polish: “Onch’ŏn”
- Swedish: “Onch’ŏn-gun”
- Vietnamese: “Onch’ŏn”
- Vietnamese: “Onchon”
- Welsh: “Sir Onchon”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Toltari-dong and Ch’ŏngjŏngsang-dong.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Onch’ŏn Yŏlsa-myo and Onch’ŏn-yŏk.
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