Wonsan

Wonsan, previously known as Wonsanjin, is a port city and naval base located in Kangwon Province, North Korea, on the eastern side of the Korean Peninsula, on the .
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  • City with about 363,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (20 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code WOS
  • …was formerly known as “Gensan”
  • Description: port city and naval base located in Kangwŏn Province, North Korea
  • Also known as
    “Genzan”
    “Genzan Hu”
    “Onsan”
    “Wensen”
    “Yuenchan”
    “Yuensan”
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Wonsan

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Latitude
39.1726° or 39° 10′ 21″ north
Longitude
127.4284° or 127° 25′ 42″ east
UN/LOCODE
KP GEN and KP WON
Open location code
8QF95CFH+29
Open­Street­Map ID
node 33259203
Open­Street­Map feature
place = city
Geo­Names ID
1866923
Wiki­data ID
Q109374

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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Wonsan” goes by many names.
WonsanAchinese
ዎንሳንAmharic
ونسانArabic
وونسانArabic
ՎոնսանArmenian
VonsanAzerbaijani
WonsanBasque
ВансанBelarusian
ওনসানBengali
ওয়ানসানBengali
ВонсанBulgarian
УънсанBulgarian
WonsanCatalan
WŏnsanCebuano
元山Chinese
元山市Chinese
WonsanCzech
WonsanDanish
WeonsanDutch
WŏnsanDutch
VonsanoEsperanto
WonsanEsperanto
WŏnsanEstonian
GensanFinnish
WŏnsanFinnish
Ouen-sanFrench
WŏnsanFrench
Port LasarewGerman
WeonsanGerman
WŏnsanGerman
ΟυόνσανGreek
વોનસનGujarati
WonsanHausa
וונסןHebrew
वोनसानHindi
VonszanHungarian
WŏnsanIndonesian
WonsanIrish
WŏnsanItalian
ウォンサンJapanese
うぉんさんしJapanese
元山Japanese
元山市Japanese
元山府Japanese
徳源郡Japanese
WonsanJavanese
WonsanKalaallisut
ವೋನ್ಸಾನ್Kannada
ВонсанKazakh
ВонсанKirghiz
덕원Korean
덕원부Korean
원산Korean
원산부Korean
원산시Korean
VonsanaLatvian
VonsanasLithuanian
WonsanLow German
WonsanMalay
WonsanMaltese
WonsanMaori
वॉनसनMarathi
ونسانMazanderani
Wŏnsan ChhīMin Nan Chinese
ВоньсаньMongolian
WonsanNorwegian
WonsanNorwegian Bokmål
WonsanOccitan (post 1500)
WonsanOromo
ਵਨਸਾਨPanjabi
ونسانPersian
وون‌سانPersian
WŏnsanPolish
WonsanPortuguese
ونسانPushto
WonsanRomanian
ВонсанRussian
ГензанRussian
ГенсанRussian
Порт ЛазареваRussian
WonsanScots
ВонсанSerbian
WŏnsanSerbo-Croatian
වොන්සන්Sinhala
WonsanSlovak
VonsanSlovenian
WonsanSlovenian
WonsanSomali
WŏnsanSpanish
WonsanSwahili
WŏnsanSwedish
WonsanTagalog
ВонсанTajik
ஒன்சன்Tamil
ВонсанTatar
వన్సాన్Telugu
ว็อนซันThai
WonsanTurkish
ВонсанUkrainian
ونسانUrdu
وونسانUrdu
VonsanUzbek
WŏnsanVenetian
Nguyên SanVietnamese
WŏnsanVietnamese
WonsanWaray (Philippines)
WonsanWelsh
ونسانWestern Panjabi
元山Yue Chinese

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