Kimchaek

Kimch'aek, formerly Sŏngjin, is a city in North Hamgyong Province, . It was an open port in 1899. It has a population of 207,699.
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  • Type: City with 195,000 residents
  • Description: city in North Korea
  • Also known as: “Gimchaek-si”, “Jōshin”, “Jōshin-fu”, “Kim Chaek City”, “Kimchaek-si”, “Siöng-tschin”, “Song-chin”, “Songjin-bu”, “Sŏngjin-si”, “Sŏngjin-ŭp”, “Songjin-yu”, “Zyōsin”, and “Zyōsin-yū”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kimchaek station.

Railway station
Kimch'aek station is a railway station in . It is located on the P'yŏngra Line of the Korean State Railway.

Kimchaek

Latitude
40.6743° or 40° 40′ 27″ north
Longitude
129.1995° or 129° 11′ 58″ east
Population
195,000
Elevation
198 metres (650 feet)
Open location code
8QGFM5FX+PQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5716814884
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2043476
Wiki­data ID
Q714873
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Satellite Map

Discover Kimchaek from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Waray—“Kimchaek” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Gimchaek”
  • Achinese: “Kimchaek”
  • Arabic: “كيمتشايك”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kimçxek”
  • Bengali: “কিমচায়েক”
  • Bulgarian: “Кимчек”
  • Bulgarian: “Кимчхък”
  • Catalan: “Kimch’aek”
  • Catalan: “Kimchaek”
  • Chinese: “Kimch’aek Chhī”
  • Chinese: “城津市”
  • Chinese: “金策市”
  • Czech: “Kimčchäk”
  • Czech: “Kimčchek”
  • Danish: “Kimchaek”
  • Dutch: “Kimch’aek”
  • Dutch: “Kimchaek”
  • Esperanto: “Kimĉekurbo”
  • Finnish: “Gimchaek”
  • Finnish: “Kimch’aek”
  • Finnish: “Kimchaek”
  • Finnish: “Songjin”
  • Finnish: “Sŏngjin”
  • French: “Kimch’aek”
  • French: “Kimchaek”
  • German: “Kim Tschäk”
  • German: “Kimch’aek-si”
  • German: “Kimch’aek”
  • German: “Kimchaek”
  • German: “Songjin”
  • German: “Sŏngjin”
  • Greek: “Γκίμτσεκ”
  • Gujarati: “કિમચેક”
  • Hindi: “किमचाएक”
  • Hungarian: “Kim Cshek-város”
  • Indonesian: “Kimchaek”
  • Irish: “Kimchaek”
  • Italian: “Kimch’aek”
  • Japanese: “きむちぇくし”
  • Japanese: “城津”
  • Japanese: “城津府”
  • Japanese: “金策市”
  • Kannada: “ಕಿಮ್ಚೆಕ್”
  • Korean: “길성”
  • Korean: “길성부”
  • Korean: “김책”
  • Korean: “김책시”
  • Korean: “성진”
  • Korean: “성진군”
  • Korean: “성진부”
  • Korean: “성진시”
  • Korean: “학성군”
  • Latvian: “Kimčheka”
  • Lithuanian: “Kimčchekas”
  • Malay: “Kimchaek”
  • Marathi: “किमचेएक”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kimch’aek Chhī”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kimchaek”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Songjin”
  • Norwegian: “Kimchaek”
  • Persian: “کیمچائک”
  • Persian: “کیمچک”
  • Polish: “Kim Czhek”
  • Polish: “Kimch’aek”
  • Polish: “Sŏngjin”
  • Portuguese: “Kimchaek”
  • Russian: “Ким-Чак”
  • Russian: “Ким-Чхэк”
  • Russian: “Кимчак”
  • Russian: “Кимчхэк”
  • Russian: “Сонджин”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kimch’aek”
  • Sinhala: “කිම්චයික්”
  • Spanish: “Kimch’aek”
  • Spanish: “Kimchaek”
  • Swedish: “Kim Chaek”
  • Swedish: “Kimchaek”
  • Tagalog: “Kimchaek”
  • Tamil: “கிம்செக்”
  • Tatar: “Кимчек”
  • Telugu: “కిమ్చిక్”
  • Thai: “คิมแช็ก”
  • Thai: “คิมแช็ค”
  • Turkish: “Kimchaek”
  • Ukrainian: “Кімчхек”
  • Urdu: “کمچائک”
  • Venetian: “Kimch’aek”
  • Vietnamese: “Kimch’aek”
  • Vietnamese: “Kimchaek”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kimchaek”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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