Hongcheon
Hongcheon is a county in Gangwon, South Korea. It is the largest county-level municipality in the country by area, stretching about 93 km from east to west.
- County with about 67,600 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 140 metres (450 feet)
- Description: county in Gangwon Province, South Korea
- Also known as“Hongch’on”“Hongcheon County”“Hongcheon-gun”“Kōsen”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hongcheon Hyanggyo and Hongcheon Police Station.
Hongcheon
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Latitude
37.6967° or 37° 41′ 48″ north
Longitude
127.8888° or 127° 53′ 20″ east
Open location code
8Q99MVWQ+MG
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OpenStreetMap feature
place=county
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Hongcheon” goes by many names.
هونغتشونArabic
HongcheonCatalan
Hongcheon-gunCebuano
洪川郡Chinese
HongcheonDutch
ΧόνγκτσονGreek
Fùng-chhôn-khiùnHakka Chinese
Hongcheon KhiunHakka Chinese
Contea di HongcheonItalian
HongcheonItalian
洪川郡Japanese
Hongch’ŏnKorean
Hongcheon-gunKorean
홍천Korean
홍천군Korean
Hongcheon KūnMin Nan Chinese
Хунчонь-гүньMongolian
HongcheonNorthern Frisian
Hongcheon (Lunkreis)Northern Frisian
HongcheonNorwegian
HongcheonNorwegian Bokmål
شهرستان هونگچونPersian
هانگشنPersian
HongcheonRomanian
ХончхонRussian
Hongcheon-gunSwedish
HongcheonTurkish
ХончхонUkrainian
ہونگچئون کاؤنٹیUrdu
HongcheonVietnamese
Sir HongcheonWelsh
洪川郡Yue Chinese
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