Hongwon County
Hongwŏn County is a county in South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea. It is flanked by the Sea of Japan to the south, and by the Hamgyŏng Mountains to the north.- County of North Korea with about 143,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 150 metres (490 feet)
- Also known as“Hongwon”“Hongwŏn-gun”“Hongwon-kun”
- Location
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Latitude
40.1309° or 40° 7′ 51″ north
Longitude
127.9473° or 127° 56′ 50″ east
Open location code
8QG94WJW+8W
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Hongwon County” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hongwŏn-gun”
- Chinese: “洪原郡”
- Dutch: “Hongwon”
- French: “Arrondissement de Hongwon”
- Greek: “Χόνγουον-γκουν”
- Hungarian: “Hongvon”
- Japanese: “洪原郡”
- Korean: “홍원”
- Korean: “홍원군”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Hongwŏn Kūn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hongwon”
- Norwegian: “Hongwon”
- Polish: “Hongwŏn”
- Swedish: “Hongwŏn-gun”
- Urdu: “ہونگ وون کاؤنٹی”
- Vietnamese: “Hongwŏn”
- Yue Chinese: “洪原”
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