Kapsan County
Kapsan is a kun, or county, in Ryanggang Province, North Korea. During Joseon, officials who had fallen into disfavour were often sent into internal exile there.
- County of North Korea with about 70,600 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,500 metres (4,930 feet)
- Also known as“Gapsan County”“Gapsan-gun”“Gapsan-kun”“Kabsan County”“Kabsan-gun”“Kabsan-kun”“Kapsa-gun”“Kapsa-kun”“Kōzan-gun”
- Location
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Latitude
41.1228° or 41° 7′ 22″ north
Longitude
128.3864° or 128° 23′ 11″ east
Open location code
8QHC49FP+4H
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Yue Chinese—“Kapsan County” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Гапсан”
- Cebuano: “Gapsan”
- Cebuano: “Kapsan-gun”
- Chinese: “甲山郡”
- Greek: “Γκάπσαν-γκουν”
- Hungarian: “Kapszan”
- Japanese: “甲山郡”
- Korean: “갑산”
- Korean: “갑산군”
- Malay: “Kaunti Kapsan”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kapsan Kūn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kapsan”
- Norwegian: “Kapsan”
- Persian: “شهرستان گاپسان”
- Persian: “شهرستان گپسان”
- Polish: “Kapsan”
- Swedish: “Kapsan-gun”
- Swedish: “Kapsan”
- Urdu: “کاپ سان کاؤنٹی”
- Vietnamese: “Kapsan”
- Welsh: “Sir Kapsan”
- Yue Chinese: “甲山”
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