Chongjin

Chongjin is the capital of 's . It is the country's third-largest city by population and an important port city on the northeastern coast.
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  • Type: City with 668,000 residents
  • Description: city in North Pyongan province
  • Also known as: Chŏngjin”, “Chonjin”, “Seishin”, “Seisin”, and “Tschiün-tschan

Places of Interest

Highlights include Consulate General of China and Ch’ŏngjin Ch’ŏngnyŏn.

Government office
This is a list of diplomatic missions in North Korea.

Railway station
Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn station is the central railway station in Ch'ŏngjin-si, , . It is the junction point of the Hambuk Line and the P'yŏngra Line of the Korean State Railway, and is the beginning of the Ch'ŏngjinhang Line to Ch'ŏngjin Port.

Chongjin

Latitude
41.7832° or 41° 46′ 60″ north
Longitude
129.8207° or 129° 49′ 14″ east
Population
668,000
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
IATA airport code
RGO
United Nations Location Code
KP CHO
Open location code
8QHFQRMC+77
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5716818224
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2044757
Wiki­data ID
Q109336
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Chongjin” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: Cheongjin
  • Achinese: Chongjin
  • Arabic: تشونغجين
  • Armenian: Չհոնջին
  • Azerbaijani: Çxoncin
  • Basque: Chongjin
  • Belarusian: Чханджын
  • Belarusian: Чхонджын
  • Bengali: ছংজিন
  • Bulgarian: Чонджин
  • Bulgarian: Чхонджин
  • Bulgarian: Чхънджин
  • Catalan: Chongjin
  • Cebuano: Chongjin
  • Chinese: Ch’ŏngjin Chhī
  • Chinese: 清津
  • Chinese: 清津市
  • Chinese: 镜城
  • Czech: Čchongdžin
  • Czech: Čongdžin
  • Danish: Chongjin
  • Dutch: Ch’ongjin
  • Dutch: Ch’ŏngjin
  • Dutch: Chongjin
  • Dutch: Chŏngjin
  • Esperanto: Ĉongĵin
  • Esperanto: Ĉongĵino
  • Estonian: Ch’ŏngjin
  • Estonian: Chongjin
  • Estonian: Chŏngjin
  • Finnish: Ch’ŏngjin
  • Finnish: Cheongjin
  • Finnish: Chongjin
  • Finnish: Chŏngjin
  • French: Ch’ŏngjin
  • French: Chongjin
  • French: Chŏngjin
  • German: Ch’ongjin
  • German: Ch’ŏngjin
  • German: Chongjin
  • German: Chŏngjin
  • German: Tschongdschin
  • Greek: Τσόνγκτζιν
  • Hebrew: צ’ונגג’ין
  • Hindi: चोंग्जिन
  • Hungarian: Cshongdzsin
  • Indonesian: Chongjin
  • Irish: Chongjin
  • Italian: Chongjin
  • Japanese: 清津市
  • Japanese: 清津府
  • Kalaallisut: Chongjin
  • Korean: 나남
  • Korean: 나남시
  • Korean: 라남
  • Korean: 라남시
  • Korean: 청진부
  • Korean: 청진시
  • Korean: 청진직할시
  • Latin: Cheongjin
  • Lithuanian: Čhongdžinas
  • Lithuanian: Čondžinas
  • Lithuanian: Čongdžinas
  • Low German: Chongjin
  • Macedonian: Чонгџин
  • Malay: Chongjin
  • Maori: Chongjin
  • Min Nan Chinese: Ch’ŏngjin Chhī
  • Mongolian: Чонжинь
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Chongjin
  • Norwegian: Chongjin
  • Occitan (post 1500): Chongjin
  • Persian: چونگجن
  • Persian: چونگجین
  • Polish: Ch’ŏngjin
  • Polish: Cheongjin
  • Polish: Chongjin
  • Polish: Chŏngjin
  • Polish: Czhongdzin
  • Portuguese: Chongjin
  • Romanian: Chongjin
  • Russian: Сейсин
  • Russian: Сэйсин
  • Russian: Чхонджин
  • Russian: Чхончжин
  • Russian: Чхончжине
  • Scots: Chongjin
  • Serbo-Croatian: Ch’ŏngjin
  • Silesian: Ch’ŏngjin
  • Spanish: Ch’ŏngjin
  • Spanish: Chongjin
  • Spanish: Chŏngjin
  • Swahili: Chongjin
  • Swedish: Ch’ŏngjin
  • Swedish: Chongjin (provinshuvudstad i Nordkorea)
  • Swedish: Chongjin
  • Tagalog: Chongjin
  • Tatar: Чоңҗин
  • Thai: ชองจิน
  • Thai: ช็องจิน
  • Turkish: Chongjin
  • Ukrainian: Чхонджін
  • Urdu: چونگجن
  • Uzbek: Chxonjin
  • Venetian: Chongjin
  • Vietnamese: Ch’ŏngjin
  • Vietnamese: Chongjin
  • Waray (Philippines): Chongjin
  • Welsh: Chongjin
  • Western Panjabi: چونگجن
  • Yue Chinese: 清津

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