Cholsan County

Ch'ŏlsan is a kun, or county, in province, . It occupies the Ch'ŏlsan Peninsula, which juts into the Yellow Sea. Ch'ŏlsan borders and counties to the north, and is bounded on all other sides by water.
Wikipedia
  • County of North Korea with 85,500 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 48 metres (157 feet)
  • Also known as
    “Ch’ŏlsan-gun”
    “Cheolsan”
    “Cheolsan-gun”
    “Cholwon-hun”
    “Cholwon-kun”
    “Tetsuzan-gun”

Cholsan County

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Latitude
39.7492° or 39° 44′ 57″ north
Longitude
124.6431° or 124° 38′ 35″ east
Open location code
8QF6PJXV+M6
Geo­Names ID
1878581
Wiki­data ID
Q705468

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Cholsan County” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Ch’ŏlsan-gun”
  • Chinese: “鐵山郡”
  • Chinese: “铁山郡”
  • French: “Arrondissement de Cholsan”
  • French: “Comté de Cholsan”
  • Greek: “Τσόλσαν-γκουν”
  • Hungarian: “Csholszan”
  • Japanese: “鉄山郡”
  • Korean: “철산”
  • Korean: “철산군”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ch’ŏlsan Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cholsan”
  • Norwegian: “Cholsan”
  • Polish: “Ch’ŏlsan”
  • Russian: “Чхольсан”
  • Swedish: “Ch’ŏlsan-gun”
  • Urdu: “چول سان کاؤنٹی”
  • Vietnamese: “Ch’ŏlsan”
  • Vietnamese: “Cholsan”
  • Welsh: “Sir Cholsan”
  • Yue Chinese: “鐵山郡”

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