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.
- 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
- Categories: county of North Korea and border city
- Location: North Hamgyong, North Korea, East Asia, Asia
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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
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Satellite Map
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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”
- Urdu: “اون سونگ کاؤنٹی”
- Vietnamese: “Onsong”
- Vietnamese: “Onsŏng”
- Welsh: “Sir Onsong”
- Yue Chinese: “穩城”
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