Yanggu
Yanggu is a district in Gangwon near the Korean DMZ. Yanggu is located at the exact geographical center of the Korean Peninsula, living up to its title, 'The Center of Korea.' It borders Inje County to the east, Hwacheon County to the west, and Chuncheon City to the south, while bordering Changdo County in North Korea to the north across the Military Demarcation Line.
- County with about 23,800 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 190 metres (630 feet)
- Description: administrative division of South Korea
- Also known as“Yanggu County”“Yanggu County, Gangwon”
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Latitude
38.1097° or 38° 6′ 35″ north
Longitude
127.9901° or 127° 59′ 24″ east
Open location code
8QC94X5R+V2
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Yanggu” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “محافظة يانغو”
- Catalan: “Yanggu”
- Cebuano: “Yanggu-gun”
- Chinese: “杨口郡”
- Chinese: “楊口郡”
- Dutch: “Yanggu County”
- French: “District de Yanggu”
- French: “Yanggu”
- German: “Yanggu”
- Greek: “Γιάνγκου”
- Hakka Chinese: “Yanggu Khiun”
- Hakka Chinese: “Yòng-khiéu-khiùn”
- Italian: “Contea di Yanggu”
- Italian: “Yanggu”
- Japanese: “楊口郡”
- Korean: “Yanggu-gun”
- Korean: “양구”
- Korean: “양구군”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Yanggu Kūn”
- Mongolian: “Янгү-гүнь”
- Northern Frisian: “Yanggu (Lunkreis)”
- Northern Frisian: “Yanggu”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Yanggu”
- Norwegian: “Yanggu”
- Persian: “شهرستان یانگگو”
- Persian: “یانکگو”
- Romanian: “Yanggu”
- Russian: “Янгу”
- Spanish: “Yanggu”
- Swedish: “Yanggu-gun”
- Turkish: “Yanggu, Güney Kore”
- Urdu: “ینگگو کاؤنٹی، گنگووں”
- Vietnamese: “Yanggu”
- Welsh: “Sir Yanggu”
- Yue Chinese: “楊口”
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