Kosan County

Kosan is a kun, or county, in Kangwŏn province, .
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  • Type: county of North Korea with 104,000 residents
  • Description: county of North Korea
  • Also known as: Gosan”, “Gosan-gun”, “Kosan-kun”, and “Kosankun

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ryongjiweon.

Railway station
Ryongjiwŏn station is a railway station in Ryongjiwŏl-li, Kosan county, Kangwŏn province, , on the Kangwŏn Line of the Korean State Railway.

Kosan County

Latitude
38.9003° or 38° 54′ 1″ north
Longitude
127.4261° or 127° 25′ 34″ east
Population
104,000
Elevation
164 metres (538 feet)
Open location code
8QC9WC2G+4C
Geo­Names ID
1875637
Wiki­data ID
Q486773
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Kosan County” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Kosan-gun
  • Chinese: Kosan Kūn
  • Chinese: 高山郡
  • French: Arrondissement de Kosan
  • Greek: Γκόσαν-γκουν
  • Hungarian: Koszan
  • Japanese: 高山郡
  • Korean: 고산
  • Korean: 고산군
  • Min Nan Chinese: Kosan Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kosan
  • Norwegian: Kosan
  • Persian: شهرستان کوسان
  • Persian: شهرستان گوسان
  • Polish: Kosan
  • Swedish: Kosan-gun
  • Vietnamese: Kosan
  • Welsh: Sir Kosan
  • Yue Chinese: 高山郡

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Yongjiwŏn-yŏk and Kap’o-jŏsuji.

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