Kyongwon County

Kyŏngwŏn County is a kun, or county, in North Hamgyong province, , located at, formerly known as Saebyŏl. It is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the north and east, Kyonghung to the southeast, to the southwest, and Onsong to the west.
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  • Type: county of North Korea with 107,000 residents
  • Description: county of North Korea
  • Also known as: Gyeongwon”, “Gyeongwon-gun”, “Kēgen-gun”, “Keigen-gun”, “Kyeongwon-gun”, “Kyongwon-gun”, “Kyŏngwŏn-gun”, “Kyongwon-kun”, “Saebyeol-gun”, and “Saebyŏr-gun

Kyongwon County

Latitude
42.6832° or 42° 40′ 59″ north
Longitude
130.1172° or 130° 7′ 2″ east
Population
107,000
Elevation
561 metres (1,841 feet)
Open location code
8QJGM4M8+7V
Geo­Names ID
2041593
Wiki­data ID
Q704826
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Kyongwon County” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Saebyŏl-gun
  • Chinese: Kyŏngwŏn Kūn
  • Chinese: 慶源
  • Chinese: 慶源郡
  • Chinese: 新星郡
  • Chinese: 賽別郡
  • Chinese: 赛别尔郡
  • Esperanto: Kjongŭon
  • Greek: Γκιόνγουον-γκουν
  • Hungarian: Kjongvon
  • Japanese: セビョル郡
  • Japanese: 慶源
  • Japanese: 慶源郡
  • Korean: 경원
  • Korean: 경원군
  • Korean: 새별군
  • Min Nan Chinese: Kyŏngwŏn Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kyongwon
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Saebyol
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Saepyol
  • Norwegian: Kyongwon
  • Polish: Kyŏngwŏn
  • Swedish: Saebyŏl-gun
  • Vietnamese: Kyongwon
  • Vietnamese: Kyŏngwŏn
  • Welsh: Sir Kyongwon
  • Yue Chinese: 慶源

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