Hamhung

Hamhŭng is 's second-most populous city, the capital of South Hamgyŏng Province and the 16th largest city in the . Located in the southern part of the South Hamgyong Province, Hamhung is the main and most populous metropolitan area in the province.
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  • Type: City with 769,000 residents
  • Description: city in North Korea
  • Also known as: Hienhing” and “Kankō

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hamhung station and West Hamhŭng.

Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Hamhŭng station is a railway station in Yŏkchŏn 1-dong, Sŏngch'ŏngang-guyŏk, Hamhŭng city, province, , located on the P'yŏngra Line of the Korean State Railway; it is also the starting point of the Sinhŭng Line and the Sŏho Line.

Railway stop
Sŏhamhŭng station is a railway station in Sŏngch'ŏngang-guyŏk, Hamhŭng city, province, , on the Sŏho Line of the Korean State Railway.

Hamhung

Latitude
39.9165° or 39° 54′ 60″ north
Longitude
127.5384° or 127° 32′ 18″ east
Population
769,000
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
United Nations Location Code
KP HGM
Open location code
8QF9WG8Q+J9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 256629919
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1877449
Wiki­data ID
Q109356
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Hamhung” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: Hamheung
  • Achinese: Hamhung
  • Arabic: هامهنغ
  • Armenian: Խամխին
  • Armenian: Համհընգ
  • Basque: Hamhung
  • Belarusian: Хамхын
  • Bengali: হামহুং
  • Bengali: হ্যামহুং
  • Bulgarian: Хамхун
  • Bulgarian: Хамхън
  • Catalan: Hamheung
  • Catalan: Hamhung
  • Cebuano: Hamhŭng-si
  • Chinese: Hamhŭng Chhī
  • Chinese: 咸兴市
  • Chinese: 咸興
  • Chinese: 咸興市
  • Czech: Hamhung
  • Czech: Hamhŭng
  • Danish: Hamhung
  • Danish: Syd-Hamgyong
  • Dutch: Hamhung
  • Dutch: Hamhŭng
  • Esperanto: Hamhung
  • Esperanto: Hamhŭng
  • Esperanto: Hamhungo
  • Finnish: Hamheung
  • Finnish: Hamhung
  • Finnish: Hamhŭng
  • French: Hamheung
  • French: Hamhung
  • French: Hamhŭng
  • German: Hamhung
  • German: Hamhŭng
  • Greek: Χάμχουνγκ
  • Gujarati: હમહંગ
  • Hebrew: המהונג
  • Hindi: हमहुंग
  • Hungarian: Hamhung
  • Indonesian: Hamheung
  • Indonesian: Hamhung
  • Interlingue: Hamhung
  • Irish: Hamhung
  • Irish: Hamhǔng
  • Italian: Hamhung
  • Italian: Hamhŭng
  • Japanese: ハムフン
  • Japanese: ハムン
  • Japanese: はむんし
  • Japanese: 咸興
  • Japanese: 咸興市
  • Japanese: 咸興府
  • Kalaallisut: Hamhŭng
  • Kannada: ಹಮ್ಹಂಗ್
  • Korean: 함흥
  • Korean: 함흥군
  • Korean: 함흥부
  • Korean: 함흥시
  • Latin: Hamheung
  • Latvian: Hamhina
  • Lithuanian: Hamhengas
  • Lithuanian: Hamhunas
  • Lithuanian: Hamhungas
  • Lombard: Hamhung
  • Low German: Hamhung
  • Malay: Hamhung
  • Maori: Hamhung
  • Marathi: हॅमहुंग
  • Min Nan Chinese: Hamhŭng Chhī
  • Mongolian: Хамхөн
  • Mongolian: Хамхын
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Hamhung
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Hungnam
  • Norwegian: Hamhung
  • Occitan (post 1500): Hamhung
  • Persian: هامهونگ
  • Polish: Hamhung
  • Polish: Hamhŭng
  • Polish: Hamhyng
  • Portuguese: Hamgyong
  • Portuguese: Hamhung
  • Romanian: Hamhung
  • Russian: Хамхун
  • Russian: Хамхын
  • Samogitian: Hamhungs
  • Scots: Hamhung
  • Serbian: Хамхунг
  • Serbo-Croatian: Hamhŭng
  • Sinhala: හම්හන්ග්
  • Slovak: Hamhung
  • Slovenian: Hamhung
  • Slovenian: Hamhŭng
  • Spanish: Hamhung
  • Spanish: Hamhŭng
  • Swahili: Hamhung
  • Swedish: Hamhŭng-si
  • Swedish: Hamhung
  • Swedish: Hamhŭng
  • Tagalog: Hamhung
  • Tamil: ஹாம்ஹுங்
  • Tatar: Һамһың
  • Telugu: హమ్హంగ్
  • Thai: ฮัมฮึง
  • Turkish: Hamhung
  • Ukrainian: Хамхин
  • Urdu: ہامہونگ
  • Uzbek: Xamxin
  • Venetian: Hamhŭng
  • Vietnamese: Hàm Hưng
  • Vietnamese: Hamhung
  • Vietnamese: Hamhŭng
  • Waray (Philippines): Hamhung
  • Welsh: Hamhung
  • Western Panjabi: ہامہنگ
  • Wu Chinese: 咸兴市
  • Yue Chinese: 咸興
  • Hamhungs

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