Pochon
Pochon is a locality in Dongsong-eup, Cheorwon, Gangwon. Pochon is situated nearby to the locality Oech’ol-li, as well as near Pori.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cheorwon Korean Workers‘ Party Headquarters and Baengmagoji.
Cheorwon Korean Workers‘ Party Headquarters
Photo: Beeniru, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Korean Workers' Party Headquarters, Cheorwon, also known as Nodongdangsa, is a three-story building formerly occupied by North Korea's ruling Workers' Party of Korea.
Baengmagoji
Railway station
Photo: Korail2012, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Baengmagoji station is a railway station on the Gyeongwon Line in South Korea. The station opened on 20 November 2012. This station is named after Baengmagoji, the site where the Battle of White Horse took place in 1952, during the Korean War. Baengmagoji is situated 4 km west of Pochon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include DMZ.
DMZ
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The Korean Demilitarized Zone runs along the complete 248-km land border between North Korea and South Korea and is 4 km wide. This article will cover visiting only from South Korea for practical purposes.
Pochon
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “P’o-ch’on”
- Location: Dongsong-eup, Cheorwon, Gangwon, South Korea, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
38.25917° or 38° 15′ 33″ northLongitude
127.21167° or 127° 12′ 42″ eastElevation
198 metres (650 feet)Open location code
8QC97656+MMGeoNames ID
1948418
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In Other Languages
“Pochon” goes by many names.
- Korean: “포촌”
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Localities in the Area
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