Wiwon County
Wiwŏn County is a kun, or county, in northern Chagang province, North Korea. It stands across the Yalu River from the People's Republic of China. It was originally part of North P'yŏngan province, but was annexed to Chagang in 1954.- County of North Korea with about 60,200 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 400 metres (1,320 feet)
- Also known as“Wiwon-gun”“Wiwon-kun”
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Latitude
40.7975° or 40° 47′ 51″ north
Longitude
126.17° or 126° 10′ 12″ east
Open location code
8QG8Q5W9+XX
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Wiwon County” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Wiwŏn-gun”
- Chechen: “Вивон”
- Chinese: “渭原郡”
- Greek: “Ουίουον-γκουν”
- Hungarian: “Üvon”
- Japanese: “渭原郡”
- Korean: “위원”
- Korean: “위원군”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Wiwŏn Kūn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wiwon”
- Norwegian: “Wiwon”
- Polish: “Wiwŏn”
- Portuguese: “Condado de Wiwon”
- Russian: “Вивон”
- Swedish: “Wiwŏn-gun”
- Urdu: “ویوون کاؤنٹی”
- Vietnamese: “Wiwon”
- Welsh: “Sir Wiwon”
- Yue Chinese: “渭原”
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