Uiju County
Ŭiju is a kun, or county, in North Pyongan Province, North Korea. The county has an area of 420 km2, and a population of 110,018.
- Locality with 50,100 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 26 metres (85 feet)
- Description: county of North Korea
- Also known as“Eui-chu”“Gishū”“Gisyū”“Ui-tsiu”“Uiju-kun”“Ŭiju-ŭp”“Wi-dschu”“Wi-ju”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ojok-tong.
Uiju County
- Category: county of North Korea
- Location
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Latitude
40.1994° or 40° 11′ 58″ north
Longitude
124.5317° or 124° 31′ 54″ east
Open location code
8QG65GXJ+QM
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Uiju County” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ŭiju-gun”
- Cebuano: “Ŭiju”
- Chinese: “义州”
- Chinese: “义州郡”
- Chinese: “義州郡”
- French: “arrondissement d’Ŭiju”
- French: “Uiju”
- French: “Ŭiju”
- Greek: “Ούιτζου-γκουν”
- Hungarian: “Idzsu”
- Japanese: “義州郡”
- Korean: “의주”
- Korean: “의주군”
- Korean: “의주부”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Ŭiju Kūn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Uiju”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ŭiju”
- Norwegian: “Uiju”
- Persian: “شهرستان اوایجو”
- Polish: “Ŭiju”
- Russian: “Ыйджу”
- Swedish: “Ŭiju-gun”
- Swedish: “Ŭiju”
- Ukrainian: “Ийджу”
- Urdu: “اوئی جو کاؤنٹی”
- Vietnamese: “Uiju”
- Vietnamese: “Ŭiju”
- Welsh: “Sir Uiju”
- Yue Chinese: “義州郡”
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