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.- City with about 123,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (20 feet)
- Description: North Korean city located in Kangwŏn Province
- Also known as“Bumpyo”“Bunhei-ri”“Bunpeiri”“Buntei”“Munch’ŏn Nodongjagu”“Munch’ŏn-ŭp”“Munchŏn City”“Munchŏn-si”“Munchyong”“Munp’yŏng-ni”“Munpyong”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Munchon station.
Munchon station
Railway station
Munch'ŏn station is a railway station…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wonsan.
Munchon
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Latitude
39.23701° or 39° 14′ 13″ north
Longitude
127.35987° or 127° 21′ 36″ east
Open location code
8QF969P5+RW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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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: “文川市”
- Czech: “Munčchŏn”
- Danish: “Munchon”
- Dutch: “Munchon”
- Esperanto: “Munĉon”
- Finnish: “Muncheon”
- Finnish: “Munchon”
- French: “Munchŏn”
- German: “Munch’ŏn”
- 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”
- Portuguese: “Munchon”
- Russian: “Мунчхон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Munch’ŏn”
- Sinhala: “මන්චන්”
- Spanish: “Munchŏn”
- Swedish: “Munch’ŏn”
- Swedish: “Muncheon”
- Tamil: “முன்சேன்”
- Tatar: “Мунчон”
- Telugu: “మాంచోన్”
- Thai: “มึนเชิน”
- Thai: “มุนช็อน”
- Turkish: “Munchon”
- Ukrainian: “Мунчхон”
- Urdu: “مونچون”
- Venetian: “Muchon”
- Vietnamese: “Munch’ŏn”
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