Samcheok

Samcheok is a city in the southernmost region of -do. It reaches out to the east coast, and Uljin in Gyeongsangbuk-do to the south. You can enjoy a romantic time by the blue ocean and mysterious caves.
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  • Type: City with 68,800 residents
  • Description: city in Gangwon-do, South Korea
  • Also known as: “Samcheok-si”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Samcheok and Samcheok Public Stadium.

Railway station
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Station is a railway station on the Donghae Line and the Line in .

Pitch
Samcheok Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Samcheok, .

Railway stop
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is a railway stop.

Samcheok

Latitude
37.4499° or 37° 26′ 60″ north
Longitude
129.1653° or 129° 9′ 55″ east
Population
68,800
Elevation
26 metres (85 feet)
Open location code
8Q9FC5X8+W4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 415154216
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
8604737
Wiki­data ID
Q42102
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Samcheok” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سامتشوك”
  • Bengali: “স্যামচেওক”
  • Catalan: “Samcheok”
  • Cebuano: “Samcheok-si”
  • Chinese: “三陟市”
  • Czech: “Samčchok”
  • Danish: “Samcheok”
  • Dutch: “Samcheok”
  • Esperanto: “Samĉok”
  • Estonian: “Samch’ŏk”
  • Estonian: “Samcheok”
  • Finnish: “Samcheok”
  • French: “Samcheok”
  • German: “Samcheok”
  • Greek: “Σάμτσοκ”
  • Gujarati: “સેંચોક”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Sâm-chit-sṳ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Samcheok Sṳ”
  • Hindi: “सांचीओक”
  • Indonesian: “Samcheok”
  • Interlingua: “Samcheok”
  • Italian: “Samcheok”
  • Japanese: “三陟市”
  • Javanese: “Samcheok”
  • Kannada: “ಸ್ಯಾಂಚೆಕ್”
  • Korean: “Samcheok-si”
  • Korean: “삼척”
  • Korean: “삼척시”
  • Latvian: “Samčeoka”
  • Lithuanian: “Samčeokas”
  • Lombard: “Samcheok”
  • Malay: “Samcheok”
  • Marathi: “सेमोकॉक”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Samcheok Chhī”
  • Mongolian: “Самчок”
  • Northern Frisian: “Samcheok”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Samcheok”
  • Norwegian: “Samcheok”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Samcheok”
  • Persian: “سامچئوک”
  • Persian: “سامچوک”
  • Polish: “Samcheok”
  • Romanian: “Samcheok”
  • Russian: “Самчхок”
  • Sinhala: “සම්චියෝක්”
  • Spanish: “Samcheok”
  • Swedish: “Samcheok”
  • Tagalog: “Samcheok”
  • Tamil: “சாம்ஸியாக்”
  • Telugu: “సాంచీఓక్”
  • Thai: “เมืองซัมโชก”
  • Turkish: “Samcheok”
  • Ukrainian: “Самчхок”
  • Urdu: “سامچیوک”
  • Urdu: “سمچیوک”
  • Vietnamese: “Samcheok”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Samcheok”

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