Cheorwon

Cheorwon is a district in in . Known as the vertex of the "Iron Triangle" during the Korean War, it preserves the scars of modern history alongside breathtaking geological wonders.
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  • Type: County with 47,400 residents
  • Description: administrative division of South Korea
  • Also known as: “Čchŏrwŏn”, “Čchŏrwŏn gun”, “Ch’ŏrwŏn”, “Cheolwan”, “Cheolwon”, “Cheorwon County”, “South Cheorwon”, “Tetsugen”, “Tetugen”, “Tsch-hŏl-wŏn”, “남철원”, “남철원군”, “チョルォン郡”, “鉄原郡 (南)”, and “鉄原郡 (江原特別自治道)”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Cheolwon Police Station.

Police station
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Cheorwon

Latitude
38.1468° or 38° 8′ 49″ north
Longitude
127.3133° or 127° 18′ 48″ east
Population
47,400
Elevation
194 metres (636 feet)
Open location code
8QC948W7+P8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2800319514
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
1845388
Wiki­data ID
Q50329
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Cheorwon” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “محافظة تشوروون”
  • Catalan: “Cheorwon”
  • Cebuano: “Cheorwon-gun”
  • Chinese: “鐵原郡”
  • Chinese: “铁原郡”
  • Czech: “Čchorwon”
  • Dutch: “Cheorwon”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Ĉorŭon”
  • French: “Cheorwon”
  • French: “district de Cheorwon”
  • French: “District de Cheorwon”
  • German: “Cheorwon”
  • Greek: “Τσόρουον”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Cheorwon Khiun”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Thiet-ngièn-khiùn”
  • Indonesian: “Cheorwon”
  • Indonesian: “Kabupaten Cheorwon”
  • Italian: “Contea di Cheorwon”
  • Japanese: “鉄原郡”
  • Korean: “Cheorwon-gun”
  • Korean: “철원”
  • Korean: “철원군”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Cheorwon Kūn”
  • Mongolian: “Чорвонь-гүнь”
  • Northern Frisian: “Cheorwon (Lunkreis)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Cheorwon”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cheorwon”
  • Norwegian: “Cheorwon”
  • Persian: “شهرستان چئوروون”
  • Persian: “شهرستان چوروون”
  • Polish: “cheolwongun”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Cheorwon”
  • Romanian: “Cheorwon”
  • Russian: “Чхорвон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Cheorwon”
  • Slovak: “Čchorwon”
  • Spanish: “Cheorwon-gun”
  • Spanish: “Cheorwon”
  • Swedish: “Cheorwon-gun”
  • Turkish: “Cheorwon”
  • Urdu: “چئوروون کاؤنٹی”
  • Vietnamese: “Cheorwon”
  • Welsh: “Sir Cheorwon”

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