Sudong County

Sudong County is a county in province, . It was formed from part of Kowŏn County in December 1990. Sudong is the site of a major coal seam first discovered in 1918.
Wikipedia
  • Type: county of North Korea with 95,700 residents
  • Description: administrative territorial entity of North Korea
  • Also known as: “Sudong-gun” and “Sudong-kun”

Sudong County

Latitude
39.371° or 39° 22′ 16″ north
Longitude
126.9145° or 126° 54′ 52″ east
Population
95,700
Elevation
427 metres (1,401 feet)
Open location code
8QF89WC7+CR
Geo­Names ID
6258675
Wiki­data ID
Q705597
This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Sudong County” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Sudong-gu”
  • Chinese: “水洞区”
  • Chinese: “水洞區”
  • Chinese: “水洞郡”
  • Hungarian: “Szudong”
  • Japanese: “水洞区”
  • Japanese: “水洞郡”
  • Korean: “수동”
  • Korean: “수동구”
  • Korean: “수동군”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sudong Khu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sudong”
  • Norwegian: “Sudong”
  • Persian: “سودونگ”
  • Persian: “شهرستان سودونگ”
  • Polish: “Sudong”
  • Portuguese: “Sudong-ku”
  • Swedish: “Sudong-gu”
  • Turkish: “Sudong”
  • Urdu: “سو دونگ کاؤنٹی”
  • Vietnamese: “Sudong”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Kŏnch’ŏn and Taesanggol.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Changdong and Taesanggol-lyŏng.

North Korea: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Pyongyang and Baekdu Mountains.

Curious Places to Discover

Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.