Taehung County

Taehŭng County is a kun, or county, in the northeastern corner of province, . It is bordered to the north by Ryongrim and , to the east by and , to the south by and , and to the west by and .
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  • Type: county of North Korea with 32,900 residents
  • Description: county of North Korea
  • Also known as: Daeheung”, “Daeheung-gun”, “Taehŭng County”, and “Taehung-gun

Taehung County

Latitude
40.0791° or 40° 4′ 45″ north
Longitude
126.9617° or 126° 57′ 42″ east
Population
32,900
Elevation
628 metres (2,060 feet)
Open location code
8QG83XH6+JM
Geo­Names ID
2040178
Wiki­data ID
Q715771
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Taehung County” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: محافظة تايهنغ
  • Arabic: محافظة تايهونغ
  • Cebuano: Taehŭng-gun
  • Chinese: Taehŭng Kūn
  • Chinese: 大兴郡
  • Chinese: 大興郡
  • Greek: Ντέχουνγκ-γκουν
  • Hungarian: Tehung
  • Japanese: 大興郡
  • Korean: 대흥
  • Korean: 대흥군
  • Min Nan Chinese: Taehŭng Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Taehung
  • Norwegian: Taehung
  • Polish: Taehŭng
  • Scots: Taehung
  • Swedish: Taehŭng-gun
  • Vietnamese: Taehung
  • Vietnamese: Taehŭng
  • Welsh: Sir Taehung
  • Yue Chinese: 大興郡

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