East Asia
North Korea
Chagang

Huichon

Hŭich'ŏn is a city in the southern part of Chagang Province, . The population is 168,180.
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  • Type: City with 168,000 residents
  • Description: city in North Korea
  • Also known as: “Hichŏn”, “Hŭich’ŏn”, “Hŭich’ŏn-gun”, “Huich’on-si”, “Hŭich’ŏn-si”, “Hŭich’ŏn-ŭp”, “Huicheon-si”, “Hŭichʻŏn”, “Hŭichʻŏn-si”, “Huichon City”, “Huichon-si”, “Hwi-tsch-hön”, and “Kisen”

Huichon

Latitude
40.1713° or 40° 10′ 17″ north
Longitude
126.276° or 126° 16′ 34″ east
Population
168,000
Elevation
197 metres (646 feet)
Open location code
8QG857CG+GC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1967131653
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2044013
Wiki­data ID
Q698719
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Huichon” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هويتشون”
  • Bengali: “হুইচোন”
  • Bulgarian: “Хуйчхън”
  • Bulgarian: “Хъйчхън”
  • Catalan: “Huichon”
  • Cebuano: “Hŭich’ŏn”
  • Chinese: “Hŭich’ŏn Chhī”
  • Chinese: “熙川”
  • Chinese: “熙川市”
  • Czech: “Huičchon”
  • Czech: “Hŭičchŏn”
  • Danish: “Huichon”
  • Dutch: “Hŭich’ŏn”
  • Dutch: “Huichon”
  • Finnish: “Huich’on”
  • Finnish: “Hŭich’ŏn”
  • Finnish: “Huicheon”
  • Finnish: “Huichon”
  • French: “Hŭich’ŏn”
  • French: “Huichon”
  • German: “Hitschon”
  • German: “Hŭich’ŏn”
  • German: “Huichon”
  • Greek: “Χούιτσον”
  • Gujarati: “હુઈચોન”
  • Hindi: “हुईचोन”
  • Hungarian: “Hicshon”
  • Indonesian: “Huichon”
  • Irish: “Huichon”
  • Italian: “Hŭich’ŏn”
  • Italian: “Huichon”
  • Japanese: “ヒチョン”
  • Japanese: “煕川市”
  • Japanese: “熙川”
  • Japanese: “熙川市”
  • Kannada: “ಹುಚಿನ್”
  • Korean: “회천시”
  • Korean: “희천”
  • Korean: “희천시”
  • Latvian: “Huičona”
  • Lithuanian: “Hičonas”
  • Lithuanian: “Huičonas”
  • Macedonian: “Хујчон”
  • Malay: “Huichon”
  • Marathi: “हुईचोन”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hŭich’ŏn Chhī”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Huichon”
  • Norwegian: “Huichon”
  • Persian: “هوایچون”
  • Persian: “هویچون”
  • Polish: “Hŭich’ŏn”
  • Polish: “Hyiczhon”
  • Russian: “Хичхон”
  • Russian: “Хыйчхон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hŭich’ŏn”
  • Sinhala: “හුයිචෝන්”
  • Spanish: “Hŭich’ŏn”
  • Spanish: “Huichon”
  • Swedish: “Hŭich’ŏn”
  • Swedish: “Huichon”
  • Tamil: “ஹுய்சோன்”
  • Tatar: “Һичон”
  • Telugu: “హుయిచోన్”
  • Thai: “เขตอุยชาง”
  • Thai: “ฮึยช็อน”
  • Turkish: “Huich’on”
  • Turkish: “Huichon”
  • Ukrainian: “Хічхон”
  • Urdu: “ہویچون”
  • Venetian: “Huichon”
  • Vietnamese: “Hŭich’ŏn”
  • Vietnamese: “Huichon”
  • Vietnamese: “Hy Xuyên”
  • Yue Chinese: “熙川”

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