North Hamgyong

North Hamgyong Province is the northernmost province of . The province was formed in 1896 from the northern half of the former Hamgyong Province.
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  • Type: State with 2,330,000 residents
  • Description: province of North Korea
  • Also known as: “Bắc Hamgyong”, “Ham Kyeng”, “Hamgion Pukto”, “Hamgyeong-bukdo”, “Hamgyeongbuk”, “Hamgyeongbuk-do”, “Hamgyŏng”, “Hamgyŏng Bắc”, “Hamgyong Barôh”, “Hamgyong del Norte”, “Hamgyŏng Utara”, “Hamgyŏng-bukto”, “Hamgyŏng-puk”, “Hamgyong-pukto”, “Hamhion Pukto”, “Hampuk”, “Hamyong-pukto”, “Hienkin”, “Kankei”, “Kankyo”, “Kankyo Hoku”, “Kankyō North”, “Kankyo-hokudo”, “Kankyō-hokudo”, “Kankyō-hokudō”, “KP-09”, “KP-HAB”, “Noord-Hamgyeong”, “Noord-Hamgyŏng”, “Nord-Ham-gjöng”, “Nord-Hamgyeong”, “Nord-Hamgyŏng”, “Norra Hamgyŏng”, “North Hamgyeng”, “North Hamgyong Province”, “North Hamgyŏng Province”, “North Hamkyong”, “North Kankyo Province”, “Pohjois-Hamgyong”, “Puk Kham-giön-do”, “Severny Kham-giön-do”, “Επαρχία Βόρειου Χάμγκιονγκ”, “Северный Хамгён”, “Хамген-Пукто”, “Хамгьон-Північ”, “Хамгьон-пукто”, “함북”, and “ハムギョンブクド”
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North Hamgyong

Latitude
41.9099° or 41° 54′ 36″ north
Longitude
129.3691° or 129° 22′ 9″ east
Population
2,330,000
Elevation
1,295 metres (4,249 feet)
Open location code
8QHFW959+WJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4549708240
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
2044245
Wiki­data ID
Q109361
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“North Hamgyong” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Hamgyeong Utara”
  • Amharic: “ሰሜን ሃምግዮንግ”
  • Arabic: “منطقة شمال هامغيونغ”
  • Arabic: “هامغيونغ الشمالية”
  • Asturian: “Hamgyŏng del Norte”
  • Azerbaijani: “Hamqyon-Pukto”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şimal Hamgyong”
  • Balinese: “Hamgyong Kalér”
  • Basque: “Ipar Hamgyong”
  • Belarusian: “Хамгён-Пукто”
  • Bengali: “উত্তর হামগিয়ং প্রদেশ”
  • Bengali: “উত্তর হামগিয়োং”
  • Bulgarian: “Северен Хамгьон”
  • Burmese: “ဟမ်းဂယောင်းမြောက်တိုင်း”
  • Catalan: “Hamgyong del Nord”
  • Cebuano: “Hambuk”
  • Chinese: “咸鏡北道”
  • Chinese: “咸镜北道”
  • Czech: “Severní Hamgjong”
  • Czech: “Severní Hamgjŏng”
  • Danish: “Nord-Hamgyong”
  • Dutch: “Hamgyŏng-pukto”
  • Esperanto: “Nord-Hamgjong”
  • Finnish: “Pohjois-Hamgyeong”
  • Finnish: “Pohjois-Hamgyŏng”
  • French: “Hamgyong du Nord”
  • French: “Hamgyŏng du Nord”
  • German: “Hamgyŏng-pukto”
  • German: “Nordhamgyong”
  • Greek: “Χάμγκιονγκμπουκ-ντο”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Hamgyŏng Pet-tho”
  • Hausa: “North Hamgyong”
  • Hebrew: “צפון האמגיונג”
  • Hungarian: “Észak-Hamgjong”
  • Indonesian: “Hamgyong Utara”
  • Italian: “Hamgyŏng Settentrionale”
  • Italian: “Nord Hamgyong”
  • Japanese: “咸鏡北道”
  • Javanese: “Hamgyong Lor”
  • Kazakh: “Солтүстік Хамғён”
  • Kirghiz: “Түндүк Хамҗён”
  • Korean: “함경북도”
  • Korean: “咸北”
  • Korean: “咸鏡北道”
  • Lithuanian: “Šiaurės Hamgiongo provincija”
  • Low German: “Noord-Hamgyong”
  • Malay: “Hamgyong Utara”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Hamgyŏng Báe̤k-dô̤”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hamgyong Pak-tō”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hamgyŏng Pak-tō”
  • Mongolian: “Умар Хамгён”
  • Mongolian: “Хойд Хамгён муж”
  • Northern Frisian: “Nuurd Hamgyŏng (Prowins)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Nuurd Hamgyŏng”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nord-Hamgyong”
  • Norwegian: “Nord-Hamgyong”
  • Oromo: “North Hamgyong”
  • Panjabi: “ਉੱਤਰੀ ਹਾਮਜੀਓਂਗ”
  • Persian: “استان هامگیونگ شمالی”
  • Persian: “هام‌گیونگ شمالی”
  • Polish: “Hamgyŏng Północny”
  • Portuguese: “Hamgyong do Norte”
  • Portuguese: “Hamgyong Norte”
  • Pushto: “شمال هام‌ګيونګ”
  • Romanian: “Provincia Hamgyong de Nord”
  • Russian: “Хамгён-Пукто”
  • Scots: “Hamgyongbuk-do”
  • Scots: “North Hamgyong Province”
  • Serbian: “Северни Хамгјонг”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sjeverni Hamgyŏng”
  • Slovak: “Hamgjongbukto”
  • Slovenian: “Provinca Južni Hamgyong”
  • Somali: “North Hamgyong”
  • Spanish: “Hamgyŏng del Norte”
  • Spanish: “Hamgyong Septentrional”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Hamgyŏng del Norte”
  • Swahili: “North Hamgyong”
  • Swedish: “Norra Hamgyong”
  • Tagalog: “Lalawigan ng Hilagang Hamgyong”
  • Tajik: “Хамғён-и Шимолӣ”
  • Tatar: “Төнектәге Хамҗён”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดฮัมกย็องเหนือ”
  • Turkish: “Kuzey Hamgyong”
  • Ukrainian: “Північна провінція Хамгьон”
  • Urdu: “شمالی ہامگیونگ صوبہ”
  • Uzbek: “Shimol Hamgyong”
  • Vietnamese: “Hamgyong Bắc”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Amihanan nga Hamgyong”
  • Welsh: “Talaith Gogledd Hamgyong”
  • Western Panjabi: “اتلا ہامگیونگ”
  • Yue Chinese: “咸鏡北道”
  • “Hamgyŏng-pukto”

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