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.
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  • Type: county of North Korea with 85,500 residents
  • Description: county of North Korea
  • Also known as: Ch’olsan-gun”, “Ch’ŏlsan-gun”, “Cheolsan”, “Cheolsan-gun”, “Cholwon-hun”, “Cholwon-kun”, and “Tetsuzan-gun

Cholsan County

Latitude
39.7492° or 39° 44′ 57″ north
Longitude
124.6431° or 124° 38′ 35″ east
Population
85,500
Elevation
48 metres (157 feet)
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: Ch’ŏlsan Kūn
  • Chinese: 铁山郡
  • Chinese: 鐵山郡
  • 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
  • Vietnamese: Ch’ŏlsan
  • Vietnamese: Cholsan
  • Welsh: Sir Cholsan
  • Yue Chinese: 鐵山郡
  • Chʼŏlsan-gun

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