South Hamgyong

South Hamgyong Province is a province of . The province was formed in 1896 from the southern half of the former Hamgyong Province, remained a province of until 1945, then became a province of North Korea. Its capital is .
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  • Type: State with 3,070,000 residents
  • Description: province of North Korea
  • Also known as: “Etelä-Hamgyong”, “Ham kyeng”, “Hamgion Namdo”, “Hamgyeong-namdo”, “Hamgyeongnamdo”, “Hamgyŏng”, “Hamgyong del Sur”, “Hamgyong Tunong”, “Hamgyong-namdo”, “Hamhion Namdo”, “Hamyong du Sud”, “Hamyong-namdo”, “Hienkin”, “Južni Hamgjong”, “Južni Hamgyong”, “Kankei”, “Kankyo”, “Kankyō South”, “Kankyo-nan”, “Kankyo-nando”, “Kankyō-nandō”, “KP-08”, “KP-HAN”, “Nam Hamgyong”, “Nam Kham-giön-do”, “Sooth Hamgyong”, “South Hamgyeng”, “South Hamgyong Province”, “South Hamgyŏng Province”, “South Hamkyong”, “South Kankyō”, “South Kankyo Province”, “Sud Hamgyŏng”, “Süd-Ham-gjöng”, “Süd-Hamgyeong”, “Süd-Hamgyŏng”, “Sydhamgyong”, “Tỉnh Nam Hamgyong”, “Yuzhny Kham-giön-do”, “Хамген-Намдо”, “Хамгйон-Намдо”, “Хамгьон-Намдо”, “దక్షిణ హామ్‌గ్యాంగ్ రాష్ట్రభాగం”, “함남”, and “ハムギョンナムド”

South Hamgyong

Latitude
40.1199° or 40° 7′ 12″ north
Longitude
127.5991° or 127° 35′ 57″ east
Population
3,070,000
Elevation
1,001 metres (3,284 feet)
Open location code
8QG94H9X+XJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2925154705
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
1877450
Wiki­data ID
Q109368
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“South Hamgyong” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Hamgyeong Seulatan”
  • Amharic: “ደቡብ ሃምግዮንግ”
  • Arabic: “محافظة هامغيونغ الجنوبية”
  • Arabic: “هامغيونغ الجنوبية”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cənub Hamgyong”
  • Balinese: “Hamgyong Kelod”
  • Basque: “Hego Hamgyong”
  • Belarusian: “Хамгён-Намдо”
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিণ হামগিয়ং প্রদেশ”
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিণ হামগিয়োং”
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিন হ্যামইয়ং প্রদেশ”
  • Bulgarian: “Южен Хамгьон”
  • Burmese: “ဟမ်းဂယောင်းတောင်တိုင်း”
  • Catalan: “Hamgyong del Sud”
  • Cebuano: “Hamnam”
  • Chinese: “咸鏡南道”
  • Chinese: “咸镜南道”
  • Czech: “Jižní Hamgjong”
  • Czech: “Jižní Hamgjŏng”
  • Danish: “Syd-Hamgyong”
  • Dutch: “Hamgyŏng-namdo”
  • Esperanto: “Sud-Hamgjong”
  • Finnish: “Etelä-Hamgyeong”
  • Finnish: “Etelä-Hamgyŏng”
  • French: “Hamgyong du Sud”
  • French: “Hamgyŏng du Sud”
  • German: “Hamgyŏng-namdo”
  • German: “Südhamgyong”
  • Greek: “Χάμγκιονγκναμ-ντο”
  • Gujarati: “દક્ષિણ હેમગ્યોંગ પ્રાંત”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Hamgyŏng Nàm-tho”
  • Hausa: “South Hamgyong”
  • Hindi: “दक्षिण हमग्योंग प्रांत”
  • Hungarian: “Dél-Hamgjong”
  • Indonesian: “Hamgyong Selatan”
  • Italian: “Hamgyŏng Meridionale”
  • Italian: “Sud Hamgyong”
  • Japanese: “咸鏡南道”
  • Javanese: “Hamgyong Kidul”
  • Kannada: “ಸೌತ್ ಹ್ಯಾಮ್ಯಾಂಗ್ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ”
  • Kazakh: “Оңтүстік Хамғён”
  • Kirghiz: “Түштүк Хамҗён”
  • Korean: “Hamgyŏng-namdo”
  • Korean: “함경남도”
  • Korean: “咸南”
  • Korean: “咸鏡南道”
  • Latvian: “Hamgjonnamdo province”
  • Latvian: “Hamgjonnamdo”
  • Literary Chinese: “咸鏡南道”
  • Lithuanian: “Pietų Hamgiongo provincija”
  • Low German: “Süüd-Hamgyong”
  • Malay: “Hamgyong Selatan”
  • Malay: “South Hamgyong Province”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Hamgyong Selatan”
  • Marathi: “दक्षिण हॅमगोंग प्रांत”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Hamgyŏng Nàng-dô̤”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hamgyong Lâm-tō”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hamgyŏng Lâm-tō”
  • Mongolian: “Өмнө Хамгён”
  • Mongolian: “Өмнөд Хамгён муж”
  • Nepali: “दक्षिण हाम्गयोग क्षेत्र”
  • Northern Frisian: “Süüd Hamgyŏng (Prowins)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Süüd Hamgyŏng”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sør-Hamgyong”
  • Norwegian: “Sør-Hamgyong”
  • Oromo: “South Hamgyong”
  • Panjabi: “ਦੱਖਣੀ ਹਾਮਜੀਓਂਗ”
  • Persian: “استان هامگیونگ جنوبی”
  • Persian: “هام‌گیونگ جنوبی”
  • Polish: “Hamgyŏng Południowy”
  • Portuguese: “Hamgyong do Sul”
  • Portuguese: “Hamgyong Sul”
  • Pushto: “سوېل هام‌ګيونګ”
  • Romanian: “Provincia Hamgyong de Sud”
  • Russian: “Хамгён-Намдо”
  • Scots: “Hamgyongnam-do”
  • Scots: “Sooth Hamgyong Province”
  • Serbian: “Јужни Хамгјонг”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Južni Hamgyŏng”
  • Sinhala: “දකුණු හැම්යොන්ග් පළාත”
  • Slovak: “Hamgjongnamdo”
  • Slovenian: “Hamgyŏng-namdo”
  • Somali: “South Hamgyong”
  • Spanish: “Hamgyŏng del Sur”
  • Spanish: “Hamgyong Meridional”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Hamgyŏng del Sur”
  • Swahili: “South Hamgyong”
  • Swedish: “Södra Hamgyong”
  • Swedish: “Södra Hamgyŏng”
  • Tagalog: “Lalawigan ng Timog Hamgyong”
  • Tajik: “Хамғён-и Ҷанубӣ”
  • Tamil: “தெற்கு ஹம்ஜியோங் மாகாணம்”
  • Tatar: “Түштәге Хамҗён”
  • Telugu: “దక్షిణ హామ్‌గ్యాంగ్ ప్రావిన్స్”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดฮัมกย็องใต้”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดฮัมพย็องใต้”
  • Turkish: “Güney Hamgyong”
  • Ukrainian: “Південна провінція Хамгьон”
  • Urdu: “جنوبی ہامگیونگ صوبہ”
  • Uzbek: “Janub Hamgyong”
  • Vietnamese: “Hamgyong Nam”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Salatan nga Hamgyong”
  • Western Panjabi: “تھلواں ہامگیونگ”
  • Yue Chinese: “咸鏡南道”

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