Hwacheon
Hwacheon is a county in Gangwon. Located north of Chuncheon and close to the border region, it is one of the northernmost civilian areas in South Korea.
- County with about 26,100 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 120 metres (380 feet)
- Description: administrative division of South Korea
- Also known as“Huachon”“Hwach’ŏn”“Hwacheon County”“Kasen”
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Latitude
38.1063° or 38° 6′ 23″ north
Longitude
127.708° or 127° 42′ 29″ east
Open location code
8QC94P45+G5
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = county
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Hwacheon” goes by many names.
محافظة هواتشونArabic
HwacheonCatalan
Hwacheon-gunCebuano
华川郡Chinese
華川郡Chinese
HwačchŏnCzech
okres HwačchŏnCzech
HwacheonDutch
HŭaĉonEsperanto
ΧουάτσονGreek
Fà-chhôn-khiùnHakka Chinese
Hwacheon KhiunHakka Chinese
HvacshonHungarian
HwacheonHungarian
Kabupaten HwacheonIndonesian
Contea di HwacheonItalian
HwacheonItalian
ファチョンJapanese
ファチョン郡Japanese
華川郡Japanese
Hwacheon-gunKorean
낭천Korean
화천Korean
화천군Korean
Hwacheon KūnMin Nan Chinese
Хуачонь-гүньMongolian
HwacheonNorthern Frisian
Hwacheon (Lunkreis)Northern Frisian
HwacheonNorwegian
HwacheonNorwegian Bokmål
شهرستان هواچونPersian
hwacheongunPolish
HwacheonRomanian
ХвачхонRussian
HwacheonSwedish
Hwacheon-gunSwedish
HwacheonTurkish
ہواچئون کاؤنٹیUrdu
HwacheonVietnamese
Sir HwacheonWelsh
華川Yue Chinese
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