Kusong

Kusŏng is a city in central North Pyongan province, . It borders Taegwan to the north, Taechon to the east, Kwaksan and Chongju to the south, and to the west.
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  • Type: City with 197,000 residents
  • Description: city in North Korea
  • Also known as: Guseong-si”, “Kijō”, “Kusŏng-gun”, and “Kusong-si

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kusong station.

Railway station
Kusŏng station is a railway station of the Korean State Railway in Yŏkchŏn-dong, Kusŏng city, , , on the P'yŏngbuk Line of the Korean State Railway. It is also the western terminus of the Ch'ŏngnyŏn P'arwŏn Line.

Kusong

Latitude
39.9792° or 39° 58′ 45″ north
Longitude
125.2521° or 125° 15′ 7″ east
Population
197,000
Elevation
98 metres (322 feet)
Open location code
8QF7X7H2+MR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 264065858
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1875101
Wiki­data ID
Q431845
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Kusong” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: كوسونغ
  • Bengali: কুসং
  • Catalan: Guseong
  • Cebuano: Kusŏng-si
  • Chinese: Kusŏng Chhī
  • Chinese: 龜城
  • Chinese: 龜城市
  • Chinese: 龜城郡
  • Chinese: 龟城市
  • Czech: Kusong
  • Czech: Kusŏng
  • Danish: Kusong
  • Dutch: Kusong
  • Finnish: Guseong
  • Finnish: Kusong
  • French: Kusong
  • German: Kusong
  • German: Kusŏng
  • Greek: Γκούσονγκ
  • Gujarati: કુસંગ
  • Hindi: क्युसोंग
  • Hungarian: Kuszong
  • Indonesian: Kusong
  • Irish: Kusong
  • Italian: Kusong
  • Italian: Kusŏng
  • Japanese: 亀城
  • Japanese: 亀城市
  • Japanese: 亀城郡
  • Kannada: ಕುಸೊಂಗ್
  • Korean: 구성
  • Korean: 구성시
  • Latvian: Kusona
  • Lithuanian: Kusongas
  • Malay: Kusong
  • Marathi: कुसोंग
  • Min Nan Chinese: Kusŏng Chhī
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kusong
  • Norwegian: Kusong
  • Persian: کوسونگ
  • Polish: Kusŏng
  • Portuguese: Kusong
  • Romanian: Kusŏng
  • Russian: Кусон
  • Scots: Kusong
  • Sinhala: කුසොන්ග්
  • Spanish: Kusong
  • Swedish: Kusŏng-si
  • Tamil: குசோங்
  • Tatar: Кусоң
  • Telugu: క్యూసొంగ్
  • Thai: คูซ็อง
  • Turkish: Kusong
  • Ukrainian: Кусонг
  • Urdu: کؤسونگ
  • Venetian: Kusong
  • Vietnamese: Kusong
  • Vietnamese: Kusŏng
  • Yue Chinese: 龜城
  • Kusŏng-si

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