Hungnam
Hŭngnam is a district of Hamhung, the second largest city in North Korea. It is a port city on the eastern coast on the Korean East Sea. It is only 13 kilometres from the slightly inland city of Hamhung. In 2005, the former city became a ward of Hamhung.
- Type: Locality with 346,000 residents
- Description: ward of Hamhung
- Also known as: “Hŭngbong-ni”, “Hŭngdŏgi-dong”, “Hŭngdŏgil-tong”, “Hŭngdŏk-2-dong”, “Hŭngdŏk-tong”, “Hŭngdŏki-dong”, “Hŭngdong-ni”, “Hŭngnam-dong”, “Hŭngnam-ni”, “Hungyam”, “Hyngnam”, “Kōnan”, “Хуннам”, “흥남”, “흥남부”, “흥남시”, “フンナム”, “興南”, “興南地区”, “興南地區”, “興南市”, and “興南府”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Soho and Hungnam station.
Hungnam
- Categories: guyok of North Korea and city of North Korea
- Location: South Hamgyong, North Korea, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
39.842° or 39° 50′ 31″ north
Longitude
127.6321° or 127° 37′ 55″ east
Population
346,000
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Open location code
8QF9RJRJ+QR
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Hungnam” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Хъннам”
- Cebuano: “Hŭngnam”
- Chinese: “兴南区域”
- Chinese: “興南區域”
- Czech: “Hungnam”
- Czech: “Hŭngnam”
- Danish: “Hungnam”
- Dutch: “Hungnam”
- Esperanto: “Hungnam”
- French: “Hŭngnam”
- German: “Hŭngnam”
- Hebrew: “הנגנאם”
- Indonesian: “Hŭngnam”
- Italian: “Hŭngnam”
- Japanese: “興南区域”
- Korean: “흥남구역”
- Korean: “흥람”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hungnam”
- Polish: “Hŭngnam”
- Russian: “Хыннам”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Hŭngnam”
- Spanish: “Hŭngnam”
- Swedish: “Hungnam”
- Turkish: “Hungnam”
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Places to explore: Songsang-ni and Sŏhoil-tong.
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Highlights: Hadŏk and Hŭngnam-guyŏk Kim Il Sŏng-dongsang.
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