Hochon County
Hŏch'ŏn is a county in South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea. It was created after the division of Korea, from portions of Tanchon and P'ungsan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: county of North Korea with 105,000 residents
- Description: county of North Korea
- Also known as: “Heocheon”, “Heocheon-gun”, “Hoch’on-gun”, “Hochon-gun”, and “Hochon-kun”
Hochon County
- Location: South Hamgyong, North Korea, East Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Hochon County” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hŏch’ŏn-gun”
- Chinese: “Hŏch’ŏn Kūn”
- Chinese: “虚川郡”
- Chinese: “虛川”
- Chinese: “虛川郡”
- Greek: “Χότσον-γκουν”
- Hungarian: “Hocshon”
- Japanese: “虚川郡”
- Korean: “허천”
- Korean: “허천군”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Hŏch’ŏn Kūn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hochon”
- Norwegian: “Hochon”
- Polish: “Hŏch’ŏn”
- Swedish: “Hŏch’ŏn-gun”
- Vietnamese: “Hŏch’ŏn”
- Vietnamese: “Hochon”
- Welsh: “Sir Hochon”
- Yue Chinese: “虛川”
- “Hŏch’ŏn-gun”
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