Hwanggumpyong Island
Hwanggumpyong, formerly called Hwanggumpyong Island, is a North Korean free-trade zone bordering China. The area used to be a tidal island in the Yalu River.- Type: Locality
- Description: island in North Korea
- Also known as: “Hwanch’op’yŏng”, “Hwangch’op’yong”, “Hwangch’op’yŏng”, “Hwangchopyeong”, “hwangchopyong island”, “Kōsō-hyō”, “Kōsōhei”, “Norangch’o”, and “Norangcho”
Hwanggumpyong Island
- Category: river island
- Location: North Korea, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Hwanggumpyong Island” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “黃草坪”
- Chinese: “黃金坪”
- Chinese: “黃金坪島”
- Chinese: “黄金坪”
- Chinese: “黄金坪岛”
- German: “Hwanggŭmp’yŏng”
- Greek: “Νήσος Χουανγκουμπιόνγκ”
- Greek: “Νήσος Χουάνγκουμπιονγκ”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Hwanggumpyong”
- Japanese: “黄金坪”
- Korean: “노랑초”
- Korean: “황금평”
- Korean: “황초평”
- Literary Chinese: “黃金坪島”
- Spanish: “Isla Hwanggumpyong”
- Vietnamese: “Hwanggumpyong”
- Yue Chinese: “黃金坪島”
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