Onsong County

Onsŏng is a county in North Hamgyong Province, North Korea, located near the border with China. The administrative center is the town of Onsong. Onsong is the site of the former Onsong concentration camp, now closed.
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  • Type: Locality with 19,800 residents
  • Description: county of North Korea
  • Also known as: Kosŏng”, “Kosŏng-ni”, “Onjō”, “Onsong-gun”, “Onsong-kun”, and “Onsŏng-ŭp

Onsong County

Latitude
42.95722° or 42° 57′ 26″ north
Longitude
129.99333° or 129° 59′ 36″ east
Population
19,800
Elevation
83 metres (272 feet)
Open location code
8QJFXX4V+V8
Geo­Names ID
2042267
Wiki­data ID
Q705188
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Onsong County” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Onsŏng-gun
  • Cebuano: Onsŏng
  • Chinese: Onsŏng Kūn
  • Chinese: 稳城郡
  • Chinese: 穩城
  • Chinese: 穩城郡
  • Esperanto: Onsong
  • French: Onsong
  • Greek: Όνσονγκ-γκουν
  • Hungarian: Onszong
  • Japanese: 穏城郡
  • Korean: 온성
  • Korean: 온성군
  • Min Nan Chinese: Onsŏng Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Onsong
  • Norwegian: Onsong
  • Polish: Onsŏng
  • Swedish: Onsŏng-gun
  • Swedish: Onsŏng
  • Vietnamese: Onsong
  • Vietnamese: Onsŏng
  • Welsh: Sir Onsong
  • Yue Chinese: 穩城

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Onsong County”. Photo: xue siyang (df45086), CC BY-SA 3.0.