Kosong County

Kosŏng is a kun, or county, in Kangwŏn province, . It lies in the southeasternmost corner of North Korea, immediately north of the .
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  • Locality with 61,300 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 10 metres (33 feet)
  • Description: county of North Korea
  • Also known as
    “Hongsŏng”
    “Kōjō”
    “Kosŏng”
    “Kosŏng-gun”
    “Kosŏng-kun”
    “Koteiri”
    “Kuŭm-ni”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Samilpo and Kamho.
Samilp'o station is a railway station in Samilp'o-ri…
station is a railway station in Kosŏng county… is situated 3 km southeast of Kosong County.

Kosong County

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Latitude
38.66833° or 38° 40′ 6″ north
Longitude
128.31778° or 128° 19′ 4″ east
Open location code
8QCCM899+84
Geo­Names ID
1875094
Wiki­data ID
Q486783

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Kosong County” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Kosŏng-gun”
  • Chinese: “高城郡”
  • Czech: “Kosong gun”
  • Czech: “Kosŏng gun”
  • Czech: “Kosong”
  • Czech: “Kosŏng”
  • Dutch: “Kosong”
  • French: “Arrondissement de Kosong”
  • French: “Kosong”
  • French: “Kosŏng”
  • Hungarian: “Kosŏng”
  • Hungarian: “Koszong (Észak-Korea)”
  • Hungarian: “Koszong”
  • Japanese: “高城郡”
  • Korean: “고성군”
  • Korean: “구읍리”
  • Korean: “북고성군”
  • Malay: “Kosŏng”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kosŏng Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kosong”
  • Norwegian: “Kosong”
  • Persian: “شهرستان گوسونگ”
  • Persian: “کوسانگ”
  • Polish: “Kosŏng”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Kosŏng”
  • Swedish: “Kosŏng-gun”
  • Urdu: “کو سونگ کاؤنٹی”
  • Vietnamese: “Kosong”
  • Vietnamese: “Kosŏng”
  • Welsh: “Sir Kosong”
  • Yue Chinese: “高城 (北韓)”
  • Yue Chinese: “高城”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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