Kaesong
Kaesŏng is a city in North Korea, only 8 km from the DMZ with South Korea. Twelve historic monuments and sites in Kaesong were inscribed to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2013.
- City with about 308,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 490 metres (1,600 feet)
- Description: city in North Korea
- Also known as“Gaegyeong”“Kai-seng”“Kaisong”“Kaizyō”“Shōto”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kaesong Station and Namdaemun.
Kaesong Station
Kaesŏng station is a railway station located in Kaesŏng, North Korea.
Sungyang Seowon
Sungyang Hall is a fourteenth-century Confucian academy located on the side of Mt.
Kaesong
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Latitude
37.9717° or 37° 58′ 18″ north
Longitude
126.5528° or 126° 33′ 10″ east
UN/LOCODE
KP KSN
Open location code
8Q98XHC3+M4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Kaesong” goes by many names.
GaeseongAchinese
ካዮንግAmharic
كايسونجArabic
كايسونغArabic
ԿեսոնArmenian
KaesongAzerbaijani
KesonAzerbaijani
KaesongBasque
КэсонBelarusian
কায়সংBengali
কেসংBengali
КесънBulgarian
KaesongCatalan
KaesŏngCebuano
冬比忽城Chinese
开京Chinese
开城Chinese
开城市Chinese
开城特级市Chinese
松岳Chinese
松岳郡Chinese
松都Chinese
板門郡Chinese
開城Chinese
開城市Chinese
開城府Chinese
開城特級市Chinese
高丽王京Chinese
KaesongCroatian
KesongCzech
KaesŏngDanish
KaesŏngDutch
KaesongoEsperanto
KesongoEsperanto
KaesŏngEstonian
GaeseongFinnish
KaesŏngFinnish
კესონიGeorgian
ΓκέσονγκGreek
ΚέσονγκGreek
કૈસોંગGujarati
KaesŏngHakka Chinese
KaesongHausa
קסונגHebrew
कायसोंगHindi
केसोंगHindi
KeszongHungarian
KaesongIndonesian
KaesongIrish
KaesŏngItalian
開城Japanese
開城市Japanese
開城特別市Japanese
開城特級市Japanese
開城直轄市Japanese
KaesongJavanese
KaesongKalaallisut
ಕೆಸಾಂಗ್Kannada
КэсонKazakh
គែសង់Khmer
КэсонKirghiz
개경Korean
개성Korean
개성군Korean
개성부Korean
개성시Korean
개성직할시Korean
개성특급시Korean
개성특별시Korean
경기도 개성군Korean
경기도 개성부Korean
경기도 개성시Korean
開城Korean
ແກ້ວສົງLao
KesonaLatvian
KesongaLatvian
開城市Literary Chinese
KaesiongasLithuanian
KėsonasLithuanian
KesongasLithuanian
KaesongLow German
KaesongMalay
KaesongMaltese
KaesongMaori
काईसोंगMarathi
KaesŏngMin Dong Chinese
Kaesong Te̍k-kip-chhīMin Nan Chinese
Kaesŏng Te̍k-pia̍t-chhīMin Nan Chinese
კესონიMingrelian
КэсонMongolian
केयसङNepali
KaesŏngNorthern Frisian
KaesongNorwegian
KaesongNorwegian Bokmål
GaesongNorwegian Nynorsk
KaesŏngNorwegian Nynorsk
KaesongOccitan (post 1500)
KaesongOromo
ਕਾਇਸੋਂਗPanjabi
کائسونگPersian
کایسونگPersian
کهسونگPersian
KaesŏngPolish
KesongPolish
کایسونگPushto
KaesongRomanian
КэсонRussian
KaesongScots
КесонгSerbian
GaegyeongSerbo-Croatian
KaesŏngSerbo-Croatian
කයිසොන්ග්Sinhala
KägjongSlovak
KäsongSlovak
SongakSlovak
SongdoSlovak
개경Slovak
개성시Slovak
개성특급시Slovak
송도Slovak
송악Slovak
松岳Slovak
松都Slovak
開京Slovak
開城特級市Slovak
KaesongSlovenian
KaesongSomali
KaesongSwahili
KaesŏngSwedish
KaesongTagalog
КэсонTajik
கேசாங்Tamil
КесоңTatar
КэсонTatar
కాసొంన్గ్Telugu
แกซองThai
แคซ็องThai
เมืองซองโดThai
KaesongTurkish
КесонUkrainian
کائسونگUrdu
کایسونگUrdu
KaesongUzbek
KesonUzbek
KaesongVietnamese
KaesongWaray (Philippines)
ԿեսոնWestern Armenian
کیسونگWestern Panjabi
开城Wu Chinese
开城市Wu Chinese
開城Yue Chinese
Places with the Same Name
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Nammun-dong and Buk-an-dong.
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