Kosong County
Kosŏng is a kun, or county, in Kangwŏn province, North Korea. It lies in the southeasternmost corner of North Korea, immediately north of the Korean Demilitarized Zone.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 61,300 residents
- Description: county of North Korea
- Also known as: “Hongsŏng”, “Kōjō”, “Kosong”, “Kosŏng”, “Kosŏng County”, “Kosong-gun”, “Kosŏng-gun”, “Kosong-kun”, “Kosŏng-kun”, “Koteiri”, “Kuum-ni”, and “Kuŭm-ni”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Samilpo and Kamho.
Samilpo
Railway station
Samilp'o station is a railway station in Samilp'o-ri, Kosŏng county, Kangwŏn province, North Korea on the Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.
Kamho
Railway station
Kamho station is a railway station in Kosŏng county, Kangwŏn province, North Korea on the Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway. Although the line continues across the DMZ to South Korea, that section is not presently in use and so Kamho station is the operational terminus of the line. Kamho is situated 3 km southeast of Kosong County.
Kosong County
- Category: county of North Korea
- Location: Kangwŏn-do, North Korea, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Kosong County” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kosŏng-gun”
- Chinese: “Kosŏng Kūn”
- Chinese: “高城”
- 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”
- Vietnamese: “Kosong”
- Vietnamese: “Kosŏng”
- Welsh: “Sir Kosong”
- Yue Chinese: “高城 (北韓)”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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