Orang County
Ŏrang is a kun, or county, in North Hamgyŏng province in the far northeast of North Korea. It is situated on the coast of the Sea of Japan. Originally part of Kyŏngsŏng county, Ŏrang was created in 1952 following the division of Korea.- Type: county of North Korea with 87,800 residents
- Description: county of North Korea
- Also known as: “Eorang”, “Eorang-gun”, “Orang-gun”, and “Orang-kun”
Orang County
- Location: North Hamgyong, North Korea, East Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Orang County” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ŏrang-gun”
- Chinese: “Ŏrang Kūn”
- Chinese: “渔郎郡”
- Chinese: “漁郎”
- Chinese: “漁郎郡”
- Chinese: “漁郞郡”
- Greek: “Όρανγκ-γκουν”
- Hungarian: “Orang”
- Japanese: “漁郎郡”
- Korean: “어랑”
- Korean: “어랑군”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Ŏrang Kūn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Orang”
- Norwegian: “Orang”
- Polish: “Ŏrang”
- Swedish: “Ŏrang-gun”
- Vietnamese: “Orang, Hamgyong Bắc”
- Vietnamese: “Orang”
- Welsh: “Sir Orang”
- Yue Chinese: “漁郎”
- “Ŏrang-gun”
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