Tongsin County

Tongsin County is a kun, or county, in southern Chagang province, . It borders Ryongrim and Chonchon to the north, the counties of Taehung and Yongwon in South Pyongan to the south and east, and and Songwon to the west and southwest.
Tap on a place
to explore it
  • Type: county of North Korea with 47,500 residents
  • Description: county of North Korea
  • Also known as: Dongsin”, “Dongsin-gun”, “Tongsin-gun”, and “Tongsin-kun

Tongsin County

Latitude
40.2825° or 40° 16′ 57″ north
Longitude
126.5633° or 126° 33′ 48″ east
Population
47,500
Elevation
296 metres (971 feet)
Open location code
8QG87HJ7+X8
Geo­Names ID
2039727
Wiki­data ID
Q705471
This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Tongsin County from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Tongsin County” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Tongsin-gun
  • Chinese: Tongsin Kūn
  • Chinese: 东新郡
  • Chinese: 東新
  • Chinese: 東新郡
  • Greek: Ντόνγκσιν-γκουν
  • Hungarian: Tongsin
  • Japanese: 東新郡
  • Korean: 동신
  • Korean: 동신군
  • Min Nan Chinese: Tongsin Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Tongsin
  • Norwegian: Tongsin
  • Polish: Tongsin
  • Russian: Тонсин
  • Swedish: Tongsin-gun
  • Vietnamese: Tongsin
  • Welsh: Sir Tongsin
  • Yue Chinese: 東新

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Mach’am and Chuga-dong.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Norumong-nyŏng and Kujŏl-lyŏng.

North Korea: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Pyongyang, Kaesong, Baekdu Mountains, and Nampho.

Curious Places to Discover

Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tongsin County”. Photo: Nicor, CC BY-SA 3.0.