Myonggan County

Myŏnggan County, formerly known as Hwasŏng County, is a kun, or county, in North Hamgyong province, . Unlike many Korean districts that date from the Joseon Dynasty, Hwasong was created after liberation.
  • Type: county of North Korea with 99,600 residents
  • Description: county of North Korea
  • Also known as: Myeonggan”, “Myeonggan-gun”, “Myonggan-gun”, “Myŏnggan-gun”, “Myonggan-kun”, “Yŏngan”, and “Yŏngan-gun

Myonggan County

Latitude
41.1407° or 41° 8′ 26″ north
Longitude
129.4321° or 129° 25′ 55″ east
Population
99,600
Elevation
586 metres (1,923 feet)
Open location code
8QHF4CRJ+7R
Geo­Names ID
2042710
Wiki­data ID
Q705076
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Myonggan County” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Hwasŏng-gun
  • Chinese: Myŏnggan Kūn
  • Chinese: 化城郡
  • Chinese: 化成
  • Chinese: 明澗郡
  • Greek: Μιόνγκαν-γκουν
  • Hungarian: Mjonggan
  • Japanese: 化成郡
  • Japanese: 明澗郡
  • Korean: 명간
  • Korean: 명간군
  • Korean: 화성군
  • Min Nan Chinese: Myŏnggan Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Hwasong
  • Norwegian: Hwasong
  • Polish: Myŏnggan
  • Swedish: Hwasŏng-gun
  • Urdu: میونگان کاؤنٹی
  • Vietnamese: Myonggan
  • Welsh: Sir Myonggan
  • Yue Chinese: 化成

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