Munchon
Munch'ŏn is a North Korean city located in Kangwŏn Province. It lies on the coast of the Sea of Japan and borders Wonsan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: City with 123,000 residents
- Description: North Korean city located in Kangwŏn Province
- Also known as: “Bumpyo”, “Bunhei-ri”, “Bunpeiri”, “Buntei”, “Munch’on”, “Munch’ŏn Nodongjagu”, “Munch’ŏn-ŭp”, “Munchon City”, “Munchŏn City”, “Munchon-si”, “Munchŏn-si”, “Munchyong”, “Munp’yŏng-ni”, and “Munpyong”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Munchon station.
Munchon station
Railway station
Munch'ŏn station is a railway station in Munch'ŏn-dong, greater Munch'ŏn city, Kangwŏn province, North Korea, on the Kangwŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wonsan.
Wonsan
Photo: laika ac, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wonsan, previously known as Wonsanjin, is a port city and naval base located in Kangwon Province, North Korea, along the eastern side of the Korean Peninsula, on the Sea of Japan and the provincial capital.
Munchon
- Categories: city of North Korea, big city, and locality
- Location: Kangwŏn-do, North Korea, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.23701° or 39° 14′ 13″ northLongitude
127.35987° or 127° 21′ 36″ eastPopulation
123,000Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)Open location code
8QF969P5+RWOpenStreetMap ID
node 256630332OpenStreetMap feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
1874225Wikidata ID
Q494606
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Munchon” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مونتشون”
- Bavarian: “Munchŏn”
- Bengali: “মুনচান”
- Catalan: “Munchon”
- Chinese: “Munch’ŏn Chhī”
- Chinese: “文川市”
- Czech: “Munčchon”
- Czech: “Munčchŏn”
- Danish: “Munchon”
- Dutch: “Munchon”
- Esperanto: “Munĉon”
- Finnish: “Muncheon”
- Finnish: “Munchon”
- French: “Munchŏn”
- German: “Munch’ŏn”
- German: “Munchon”
- German: “Munchŏn”
- Greek: “Μούντσον”
- Gujarati: “મન્ચન”
- Hindi: “मंचों”
- Hungarian: “Muncshon”
- Indonesian: “Munchon”
- Irish: “Munchon”
- Italian: “Muchon”
- Japanese: “文川”
- Japanese: “文川市”
- Kannada: “ಮುಂಚೊನ್”
- Korean: “문천”
- Korean: “문천군”
- Korean: “문천시”
- Latvian: “Munčona”
- Lithuanian: “Munčonas”
- Low German: “Munchon”
- Malay: “Munchon”
- Marathi: “मंचन”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Munch’ŏn Chhī”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Munchon”
- Norwegian: “Munchon”
- Persian: “مونچون”
- Polish: “Munch’ŏn”
- Polish: “Munchŏn”
- Portuguese: “Munchon”
- Russian: “Мунчхон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Munch’ŏn”
- Sinhala: “මන්චන්”
- Spanish: “Munchŏn”
- Swedish: “Munch’ŏn”
- Swedish: “Muncheon”
- Swedish: “Munchon”
- Tamil: “முன்சேன்”
- Tatar: “Мунчон”
- Telugu: “మాంచోన్”
- Thai: “มึนเชิน”
- Turkish: “Munchon”
- Ukrainian: “Мунчхон”
- Urdu: “مونچون”
- Venetian: “Muchon”
- Vietnamese: “Munch’ŏn”
- Vietnamese: “Munchon”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Samo-dong and Muncheon-dong.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Muncheon Youth Park and Muncheon.
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