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Goseong

Goseong is a county in . Prior to the Korean Armistice Agreement of 1953 which ceased the Korean War, Goseong, which is located north of the 38th parallel, was a part of . , which is south of the 38th parallel and a part of South Korea before 1953, became part of the North after the Armistice.
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  • Type: County with 54,100 residents
  • Description: administrative division of Gangwon, South Korea
  • Also known as: “Goseong County”, “Goseong County, Gangwon”, “Kanjŏ”, “Kansŏng”, and “Kanzyō”

Goseong

Latitude
38.3808° or 38° 22′ 51″ north
Longitude
128.4678° or 128° 28′ 4″ east
Population
54,100
Elevation
20 metres (66 feet)
Open location code
8QCC9FJ9+84
Open­Street­Map ID
node 415151825
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
1843110
Wiki­data ID
Q50209
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Goseong” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “محافظة غوسونغ، غانغوون”
  • Arabic: “محافظة غوسونغ”
  • Catalan: “Goseong”
  • Cebuano: “Goseong-gun”
  • Chinese: “Goseong Kūn”
  • Chinese: “高城郡”
  • Czech: “Kosong gun”
  • Czech: “Kosŏng gun”
  • Czech: “Kosong”
  • Czech: “Kosŏng”
  • Dutch: “Goseong”
  • French: “district de Goseong”
  • French: “District de Goseong”
  • French: “Goseong”
  • German: “Goseong-gun”
  • German: “Goseong”
  • Greek: “Γκόσονγκ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Goseong Khiun”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Kô-sàng-khiùn”
  • Indonesian: “Kabupaten Goseong, Gangwon”
  • Indonesian: “Kabupaten Goseong”
  • Italian: “Contea di Goseong”
  • Italian: “Goseong”
  • Japanese: “高城郡”
  • Korean: “Goseong-gun”
  • Korean: “간성”
  • Korean: “고성”
  • Korean: “고성군”
  • Korean: “남고성군”
  • Malay: “Goseong”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Goseong Kūn”
  • Mongolian: “Кусон-гүнь”
  • Mongolian: “Өмнөдийн Канвоний Кусон-гүнь”
  • Northern Frisian: “Goseong (Lunkreis)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Goseong”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Goseong”
  • Norwegian: “Goseong”
  • Persian: “شهرستان گوسئونگ، گنگ‌وون”
  • Persian: “شهرستان گوسونگ”
  • Romanian: “Goseong”
  • Russian: “Косон”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Goseong”
  • Spanish: “Goseong”
  • Swedish: “Goseong-gun, Gangwon”
  • Swedish: “Goseong-gun”
  • Turkish: “Goseong, Gangwon”
  • Urdu: “گوسئونگ کاؤنٹی، گانگوان”
  • Vietnamese: “Goseong, Gangwon”
  • Vietnamese: “quận Goseong”
  • Welsh: “Sir Goseong”
  • “Goseong-gun”

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