Kwaksan County

Kwaksan County is a kun in coastal southern province, . It faces the Yellow Sea to the south. By land, it is bordered by city to the north, to the east, and to the west.
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  • Type: county of North Korea with 97,700 residents
  • Description: county of North Korea
  • Also known as: Gwaksan” and “Gwaksan-gun

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kwaksan.

Railway station
station is a railway station in Kwaksan-ŭp, County, , . It is on located on the P'yŏngŭi Line of the Korean State Railway.

Kwaksan County

Latitude
39.69° or 39° 41′ 24″ north
Longitude
125.0573° or 125° 3′ 26″ east
Population
97,700
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Open location code
8QF7M3Q4+XW
Geo­Names ID
1875055
Wiki­data ID
Q705761
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Kwaksan County” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Kwaksan-gun
  • Chinese: Kwaksan Kūn
  • Chinese: 郭山郡
  • French: Arrondissement de Kwaksan
  • French: Kwaksan
  • Greek: Γκουάκσαν-γκουν
  • Hungarian: Kvakszan
  • Japanese: 郭山郡
  • Korean: 곽산
  • Korean: 곽산군
  • Min Nan Chinese: Kwaksan Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kwaksan
  • Norwegian: Kwaksan
  • Polish: Kwaksan
  • Russian: Кваксан
  • Swedish: Kwaksan-gun
  • Vietnamese: Kwaksan
  • Welsh: Sir Kwaksan
  • Yue Chinese: 郭山郡
  • Kwaksan-gun

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kwaksan-yŏk and T’onggyŏng-san.

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