Songwon County

Songwŏn County is a kun, or county, in southwestern Chagang province, . It borders and Kop'ung counties to the north, Tongsin to the east, and to the south, as well as North P'yŏngan's Tongchang county to the west.
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  • Type: county of North Korea with 38,100 residents
  • Description: county of North Korea
  • Also known as: Songwon-gun” and “Songwon-kun

Songwon County

Latitude
40.3547° or 40° 21′ 17″ north
Longitude
125.9381° or 125° 56′ 17″ east
Population
38,100
Elevation
517 metres (1,696 feet)
Open location code
8QG79W3Q+V6
Geo­Names ID
2040482
Wiki­data ID
Q705457
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Songwon County” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Songwŏn-gun
  • Chinese: Songwŏn Kūn
  • Chinese: 松源
  • Chinese: 松源郡
  • Greek: Σόνγουον-γκουν
  • Hungarian: Szongvon
  • Japanese: 松源郡
  • Korean: 송원
  • Korean: 송원군
  • Min Nan Chinese: Songwŏn Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Songwon
  • Norwegian: Songwon
  • Polish: Songwŏn
  • Russian: Сонвон
  • Swedish: Songwŏn-gun
  • Vietnamese: Songwon
  • Welsh: Sir Songwon
  • Yue Chinese: 松源

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