Sakju County

Sakju County is a kun, or county, in northern part of province, in . It lies along the Yalu River bordering the People's Republic of China to the north.
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  • Type: county of North Korea with 160,000 residents
  • Description: county of North Korea
  • Also known as: “Sakchu County”, “Sakju-gun”, “Sakushū-gun”, and “Sakusyū”

Sakju County

Latitude
40.356° or 40° 21′ 22″ north
Longitude
124.9273° or 124° 55′ 38″ east
Population
160,000
Elevation
370 metres (1,214 feet)
Open location code
8QG69W4G+CW
Geo­Names ID
2041535
Wiki­data ID
Q225068
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Sakju County” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Sakchu-gun”
  • Chinese: “Sakju Kūn”
  • Chinese: “朔州郡”
  • Czech: “Sakču”
  • French: “Arrondissement de Sakju”
  • French: “Sakju”
  • Greek: “Σάκτσου-γκουν”
  • Hungarian: “Szakcsu”
  • Japanese: “朔州郡”
  • Korean: “삭주”
  • Korean: “삭주군”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sakju Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sakchu”
  • Norwegian: “Sakchu”
  • Polish: “Sakju”
  • Russian: “Сакчу”
  • Swedish: “Sakchu-gun”
  • Urdu: “ساک جو کاؤنٹی”
  • Vietnamese: “Sakchu”
  • Vietnamese: “Sakju”
  • Welsh: “Sir Sakchu”
  • Yue Chinese: “朔州郡”
  • “Sakchu-gun”

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