Hwapyong County

Hwapyong County is a kun, or county, in , . It was incorporated as a new county as part of a general reorganization of local government in December 1952. Previously it had been part of and .
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  • Type: county of North Korea with 42,200 residents
  • Description: county of North Korea
  • Also known as: Hwap’yong-gun”, “Hwaphyong County”, “Hwaphyong-gun”, “Hwaphyong-kun”, “Hwapyeong”, “Hwapyeong-gun”, “Hwapyeonggun”, “Hwapyong-gun”, and “Hwapyong-kun

Hwapyong County

Latitude
41.1971° or 41° 11′ 50″ north
Longitude
126.9504° or 126° 57′ 2″ east
Population
42,200
Elevation
1,015 metres (3,330 feet)
Open location code
8QH85XW2+R5
Geo­Names ID
2043879
Wiki­data ID
Q705466
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Hwapyong County” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Hwap’yŏng-gun
  • Chinese: Hwap’yŏng Kūn
  • Chinese: 和坪
  • Chinese: 和坪郡
  • Greek: Χουάπιονγκ-γκουν
  • Hungarian: Hvaphjong
  • Japanese: 和坪郡
  • Korean: 화평
  • Korean: 화평군
  • Min Nan Chinese: Hwap’yŏng Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Hwapyong
  • Norwegian: Hwapyong
  • Polish: Hwap’yŏng
  • Russian: Хвапхён
  • Swedish: Hwap’yŏng-gun
  • Vietnamese: Hwapyong
  • Welsh: Sir Hwapyong
  • Yue Chinese: 和坪

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