Kilju County

Kilju, sometimes romanized as Kilchu, is a county in North Hamgyong province, . The county seat is Kilju Town.
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  • Type: Locality with 63,700 residents
  • Description: county of North Korea
  • Also known as: Kichishū”, “Kil-dschu”, “Kilchu”, “Kilchu-gun”, “Kilchu-ŭp”, “Kilju-kun”, and “Kisshū

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kilju Ch’ŏngnyŏn.

Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Kilju Ch'ŏngnyŏn station is a railway station in Kilju-ŭp, Kilju county, province, . It is the junction point of the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn and P'yŏngra lines of the Korean State Railway.

Kilju County

Latitude
40.9642° or 40° 57′ 51″ north
Longitude
129.3278° or 129° 19′ 40″ east
Population
63,700
Elevation
129 metres (423 feet)
Open location code
8QGFX87H+M4
Geo­Names ID
2043484
Wiki­data ID
Q196062
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Yue Chinese—“Kilju County” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: Comtat de Kilju
  • Cebuano: Kilchu-gun
  • Cebuano: Kilju
  • Chinese: Kilju Kūn
  • Chinese: 吉州郡
  • Czech: Kilču
  • Czech: Kildžu
  • French: comté de Kilchu
  • French: comté de Kilju
  • French: Kilchu
  • French: Kilju
  • German: Kilchu-gun
  • Greek: Γκίλτσου-γκουν
  • Hebrew: נפה קילג’ו
  • Hindi: किल्जु काउंटी
  • Hungarian: Kildzsu
  • Japanese: 吉州郡
  • Korean: 길주
  • Korean: 길주군
  • Lithuanian: Kildžu
  • Min Nan Chinese: Kilju Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kilchu
  • Norwegian: Kilchu
  • Persian: شهرستان کیلجو
  • Persian: شهرستان گیلجو
  • Polish: Kilju
  • Portuguese: Kilchu-gun
  • Portuguese: Kilchu
  • Portuguese: Kilju
  • Russian: Кильджу
  • Spanish: Condado de Kilju
  • Spanish: Kilchu
  • Swedish: Kilchu-gun
  • Swedish: Kilju
  • Urdu: کلجو کاؤنٹی
  • Vietnamese: Kilchu
  • Vietnamese: Kilju, Hamgyong Bắc
  • Vietnamese: Kilju
  • Welsh: Sir Kilju
  • Yue Chinese: 吉州郡

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kilchuch’ŏngnyŏn-yŏk and Pongsu-gogae.

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