Chongju

Chŏngju is a si, or city, in southern , . Prior to 1994, it was designated as a kun or county. The terrain is mostly level, but mountainous in the north.
  • City with 190,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 63 metres (207 feet)
  • Description: city in North Pyongan Province, North Korea
  • Also known as
    “Chŏngju-si”
    “Chŏngju-ŭp”
    “Jeongju”
    “Jeongju-eup”
    “Jeongju-gun”
    “Jeongju-si”
    “Jongju”
    “Jongju-si”
    “Tei Shū”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chongju Chongnyon station and Tower of Immortality (Jongju Station).

Railway station
Chŏngju Ch'ŏngnyŏn Station is a railway station…

Railway station
is a railway station in Chŏngju, , .

Chongju

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Latitude
39.6929° or 39° 41′ 35″ north
Longitude
125.2101° or 125° 12′ 37″ east
Open location code
8QF7M6V6+53
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Chongju” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تشنغتشو”
  • Bengali: “কনজু”
  • Catalan: “Jeongju”
  • Cebuano: “Chŏngju-gun”
  • Chinese: “定州”
  • Chinese: “定州市”
  • Chinese: “定州邑”
  • Chinese: “定州郡”
  • Czech: “Čongdžu”
  • Czech: “Čŏngdžu”
  • Danish: “Chongju”
  • Dutch: “Chongju”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉongĝu”
  • Finnish: “Chongju”
  • Finnish: “Jeongju”
  • French: “Chongju”
  • French: “Jongju”
  • German: “Chongju”
  • German: “Chŏngju”
  • Greek: “Τζόνγκτζου”
  • Gujarati: “ચૉંગજુ”
  • Hindi: “चोंग्जू”
  • Hungarian: “Csongdzsu”
  • Iban: “Chongju”
  • Indonesian: “Chongju”
  • Irish: “Chongju”
  • Italian: “Chongju”
  • Italian: “Chŏngju”
  • Japanese: “定州市”
  • Japanese: “定州郡”
  • Kannada: “ಚೊಂಗ್ಜು”
  • Korean: “정주”
  • Korean: “정주군”
  • Korean: “정주시”
  • Korean: “정주읍”
  • Latvian: “Čondžu”
  • Lithuanian: “Čongdžu”
  • Malay: “Chongju”
  • Marathi: “चोंगजू”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Chŏngju Chhī”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Chongju”
  • Norwegian: “Chongju”
  • Persian: “چونگ‌جو”
  • Persian: “چونگجو”
  • Polish: “Chŏngju”
  • Portuguese: “Chongju”
  • Russian: “Чонджу”
  • Scots: “Chongju”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Chŏngju”
  • Sinhala: “චොන්ග්ජු”
  • Spanish: “Chongju”
  • Swedish: “Chŏngju-gun”
  • Swedish: “Chŏngju”
  • Tamil: “சோங்ஜூ”
  • Tatar: “Чоңҗу”
  • Telugu: “చోంగ్జు”
  • Thai: “ช็องจู”
  • Turkish: “Chongju”
  • Turkish: “Jongju”
  • Ukrainian: “Чонгджу”
  • Urdu: “چونگجؤ”
  • Vietnamese: “Chongju, Bắc Triều Tiên”
  • Vietnamese: “Chongju, Cộng hòa Dân chủ Nhân dân Triều Tiên”
  • Vietnamese: “Chongju”
  • Vietnamese: “Chŏngju”
  • Vietnamese: “Định Châu”
  • Yue Chinese: “定州 (北韓)”
  • Yue Chinese: “定州”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Jongju Community Center and Jongju Youth Gymnasium.

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