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.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Land-tied island
- Description: island of North Korea
- Also known as: “Wiha-do”, “Wihado”, and “Wihwado”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Uiju Airport.
Uiju Airport
Aerodrome
Uiju Airfield is an airport in Uiju County, Pyongan-bukto, North Korea. Uiju Airport is situated 3 km east of Wihwa Island.
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 4½ km west of Wihwa Island.
Dandong
Photo: kevinforgard, CC BY 2.0.
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.
Ojok-tong
Village
Ojok-tong is a village located in Uiju, North Pyongan Province, North Korea. It has a population of around 54,767 residents. Ojok-tong is situated 9 km northeast of Wihwa Island.
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: “위하도”
- 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 Sangdal-li and Pidong-ni.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ch’usang-do and Puksang-do.
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