Hongwon County

Hongwŏn County is a county in province, . It is flanked by the to the south, and by the to the north.
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  • Type: county of North Korea with 143,000 residents
  • Description: county of North Korea
  • Also known as: Hongwon”, “Hongwon-gun”, “Hongwŏn-gun”, and “Hongwon-kun

Hongwon County

Latitude
40.1309° or 40° 7′ 51″ north
Longitude
127.9473° or 127° 56′ 50″ east
Population
143,000
Elevation
148 metres (486 feet)
Open location code
8QG94WJW+8W
Geo­Names ID
2044051
Wiki­data ID
Q707118
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Hongwon County” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Hongwŏn-gun
  • Chinese: Hongwŏn Kūn
  • Chinese: 洪原
  • 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
  • Vietnamese: Hongwon
  • Vietnamese: Hongwŏn
  • Yue Chinese: 洪原

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