Chosan County

Ch'osan County is a kun, or county, in Chagang province, . It borders the People's Republic of China to the north. The terrain slopes downward from the Kangnam Mountains in the south to the Yalu River in the north.
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  • Type: county of North Korea with 43,600 residents
  • Description: county of North Korea
  • Also known as: Chʻosan-gun (Korea)”, “Chosan-gun”, and “Chosan-kun

Chosan County

Latitude
40.7501° or 40° 45′ 1″ north
Longitude
125.8332° or 125° 49′ 60″ east
Population
43,600
Elevation
412 metres (1,352 feet)
Open location code
8QG7QR2M+37
Geo­Names ID
2044602
Wiki­data ID
Q707684
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Yue Chinese—“Chosan County” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: Чосан
  • Bulgarian: Чхосан
  • Cebuano: Ch’osan-gun
  • Chinese: Ch’osan Kūn
  • Chinese: 楚山
  • Chinese: 楚山郡
  • Greek: Τσόσαν-γκουν
  • Hungarian: Cshoszan
  • Japanese: 楚山郡
  • Korean: 초산
  • Korean: 초산군
  • Min Nan Chinese: Ch’osan Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Chosan
  • Norwegian: Chosan
  • Persian: شهرستان چوسان
  • Polish: Ch’osan
  • Russian: Чхосан
  • Swedish: Ch’osan-gun
  • Vietnamese: Chosan
  • Welsh: Sir Chosan
  • Yue Chinese: 楚山

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