Kangdong County

Kangdong County is one of 's two suburban counties. In 1983 it was separated from South P'yongan Province and assumed direct governance by the Pyongyang City People's Committee.
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  • Type: guyok of North Korea with 222,000 residents
  • Description: county of North Korea
  • Also known as: Gangdong”, “Gangdong-gun”, “Kangdon”, and “Kōtō-gun

Kangdong County

Latitude
39.0772° or 39° 4′ 38″ north
Longitude
126.1512° or 126° 9′ 4″ east
Population
222,000
Elevation
84 metres (276 feet)
Open location code
8QF835G2+VF
Geo­Names ID
1876156
Wiki­data ID
Q224927
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Welsh—“Kangdong County” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: Kangdong
  • Cebuano: Kangdong-gun
  • Chinese: Kangdong Kūn
  • Chinese: 江东郡
  • Chinese: 江東郡
  • German: Kangdong-gun
  • Greek: Γκάνγκντονγκ-γκουν
  • Hebrew: מחוז קנגדונג
  • Japanese: 江東郡
  • Korean: 강동
  • Korean: 강동군
  • Korean: 삼등군
  • Min Nan Chinese: Kangdong Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kangdong
  • Norwegian: Kangdong
  • Persian: شهرستان کانگدونگ
  • Polish: Kangdong
  • Portuguese: Kangdong-gun
  • Russian: Кандон
  • Scots: Kangdong
  • Spanish: Kangdong
  • Swedish: Kangdong-gun
  • Thai: อำเภอคังดง
  • Vietnamese: Kangdong-gun
  • Vietnamese: Kangdong
  • Welsh: Sir Kangdong
  • Kangdong-gun

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