Riwŏn

Riwŏn is the seat of Riwŏn County in South Hamgyŏng province, . Riwŏn has about 26,400 residents.
Wikipedia
  • Town with about 26,400 residents
  • Description: human settlement in North Korea
  • Also known as
    “Gunsen”
    “Iwŏn”
    “Iwon-up”
    “Kunsen”
    “Kunsŏn”
    “Riwon-eup”
    “Riwŏn-ŭp”
    “리원”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Riwon.
Riwŏn station is a railway station in on the P'yŏngra Line of the Korean State Railway.

Riwŏn

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Latitude
40.32327° or 40° 19′ 24″ north
Longitude
128.65351° or 128° 39′ 13″ east
Open location code
8QGC8MF3+8C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 264052225
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2043677
Wiki­data ID
Q27248114

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Swedish—“Riwŏn” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Riwŏn”
  • Cebuano: “Iwŏn-ŭp”
  • Chinese: “利原邑”
  • Dutch: “Iwŏn-ŭp”
  • French: “Riwon-eup”
  • Greek: “Ρίουον-ουπ”
  • Japanese: “利原邑”
  • Korean: “리원읍”
  • Persian: “ریوون”
  • Russian: “Ивон”
  • Swedish: “Iwŏn-ŭp”
  • Swedish: “Riwon”

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