Hwapyong County
Hwapyong County is a kun, or county, in Chagang Province, North Korea. 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 Chasong and Huchang.- County of North Korea with about 42,200 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,020 metres (3,330 feet)
- Also known as“Hwap’yong-gun”“Hwaphyong County”“Hwaphyong-gun”“Hwaphyong-kun”“Hwapyeong”“Hwapyeong-gun”“Hwapyong-kun”
- Location
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Latitude
41.1971° or 41° 11′ 50″ north
Longitude
126.9504° or 126° 57′ 2″ east
Open location code
8QH85XW2+R5
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Hwapyong County” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hwap’yŏng-gun”
- 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”
- Urdu: “ہوا پیونگ کاؤنٹی”
- Vietnamese: “Hwapyong”
- Welsh: “Sir Hwapyong”
- Yue Chinese: “和坪”
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