Yodok County
Yodŏk is a county in South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea. Originally part of Yŏnghŭng county, it became a separate entity as part of the 1952 reorganization of local government.- Type: Locality with 40,800 residents
- Description: county of North Korea
- Also known as: “Yodŏg-ŭp”, “Yodok-gun”, “Yodok-kun”, and “요덕”
Yodok County
- Category: county of North Korea
- Location: South Hamgyong, North Korea, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
39.61056° or 39° 36′ 38″ north
Longitude
126.84278° or 126° 50′ 34″ east
Population
40,800
Elevation
169 metres (554 feet)
Open location code
8QF8JR6V+64
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Yodok County” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Yodŏk-kun”
- Chinese: “耀德郡”
- Finnish: “Yodeokin piirikunta”
- Finnish: “Yodok”
- French: “Arrondissement de Yodok”
- French: “Yodok”
- Greek: “Γιόντοκ-γκουν”
- Hungarian: “Jodok”
- Japanese: “耀徳郡”
- Korean: “요덕군”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Yodŏk Kūn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Yodok”
- Norwegian: “Yodok”
- Polish: “Yodŏk”
- Russian: “Йодок”
- Scots: “Yodok”
- Swedish: “Yodok”
- Ukrainian: “Йодок”
- Urdu: “یودوک کاؤنٹی”
- Vietnamese: “Yodok”
- Welsh: “Sir Yodok”
- Yue Chinese: “耀德”
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