Kimhyongjik County

Kimhyŏngjik County is a kun of , . Formerly known as Huch'ang County, it was renamed in 1988 in honour of Kim Hyŏng-jik, the leader of the anti-Japanese liberation movement of Korea.
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  • Type: county of North Korea with 57,700 residents
  • Description: county of North Korea
  • Also known as: Gimhyeongjik-gun”, “Huch’ang”, “Huch’ang-gun”, “Huchʻang-gun (Korea)”, “Kim Hyong Jik”, “Kim Hyong Jik-gun”, “Kim Hyong Jik-kun”, “Kimhyongjik-gun”, “Kimhyŏngjik-gun”, “Kimhyongjik-kun”, “Kimhyŏngjik-kun”, “Kōshō-gun”, and “Kōsyō-gun

Kimhyongjik County

Latitude
41.4003° or 41° 24′ 1″ north
Longitude
127.2008° or 127° 12′ 3″ east
Population
57,700
Elevation
1,355 metres (4,446 feet)
Open location code
8QH9C622+48
Geo­Names ID
2044027
Wiki­data ID
Q199350
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Kimhyongjik County” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Kimhyŏngjik-kun
  • Chinese: Kimhyŏngjik Kūn
  • Chinese: 金亨稷郡
  • Greek: Γκίμχιονγκτζικ-γκουν
  • Hungarian: Kim Hjongdzsik megye
  • Japanese: 厚昌郡
  • Japanese: 金亨稷郡
  • Korean: 김형직
  • Korean: 김형직군
  • Korean: 후창군
  • Malay: Kaunti Kimhyongjik
  • Min Nan Chinese: Kimhyŏngjik Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kimhyongjik
  • Norwegian: Kimhyongjik
  • Persian: شهرستان کیم هیونگ‌جیک
  • Polish: Kimhyŏngjik
  • Swedish: Kimhyŏngjik-kun
  • Vietnamese: Huyện Kim Hanh Tắc
  • Vietnamese: Kim Hanh Tắc
  • Vietnamese: Kimhyongjik
  • Vietnamese: Kimhyŏngjik
  • Vietnamese: Quận Kim Hanh Tắc
  • Welsh: Sir Kimhyongjik
  • Yue Chinese: 金亨稷郡

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kimhyongjik County”. Photo: xue siyang (df45086), CC BY-SA 3.0.