Wihwa Island
Wihwa Island is a river island in the Yalu river, lying on the border between North Korea and China. It is now under the effective jurisdiction of North Korea, due to ethnic Koreans living on the island at the time of the 1962 border treaty.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Land-tied island
- Description: island of North Korea
- Also known as: “Wiha-do” and “Wihwado”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zhenzhu and Dandong.
Zhenzhu
Suburb
Zhenzhu Subdistrict is a subdistrict in Zhen'an District, Dandong, Liaoning, China. As of 2020, it administers the following four residential communities and one village:… Zhenzhu is situated 3 km west of Wihwa Island.
Dandong
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Dandong, is a city in Liaoning Province, China, right next to the North Korean border. The quiet riverside city is most famous for the pockmarked Yalu River Bridge spanning distressingly over the river.
Sinuiju
Sinŭiju is a city in North Korea which faces Dandong, Liaoning, China, across the international border of the Yalu River. It is the capital of North P'yŏngan province.
Wihwa Island
- Categories: river island and landform
- Location: North Pyongan Province, North Korea, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Wihwa Island” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “威化岛”
- Chinese: “威化島”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Wihwa”
- Japanese: “威化島”
- Korean: “위화도”
- Literary Chinese: “威化島”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wihwa-do”
- Norwegian: “Wihwa-do”
- Spanish: “Isla Wihwa”
- Tagalog: “Pulo ng Wihwa”
- Vietnamese: “Wihwa”
- Yue Chinese: “威化島”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Chǒngmul-li and Sǒha-ri.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Choran-do and Ch’usang-do.
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