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Hyesan
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Hyesan () is a city in the northern part of Ryanggang province of North Korea. It is a hub of river transportation as well as a product distribution centre. It is also the administrative centre of Ryanggang Province. As of 2008, the population of the city is 192,680.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Hyesan is referenced by 104 other articles, and connects out to Baekdu Mountain, China and Ryanggang Province.
The entry is geolocated on the map in KP, across 3 mapped points.
It is catalogued under the topic Cities in Ryanggang Province.
Its subject is documented across 41 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Hyesan
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ko
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipal city
- Settlement.translit_lang1
- Korean
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type
- Chosŏn'gŭl
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info
- 혜산시
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type1
- Hancha
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info2
- Hyesan-si
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info3
- Hyesan-si
- Settlement.image_skyline
- 巡道工出品 photo by Xundaogong - panoramio (106).jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Downtown Hyesan in September 2013
- Settlement.image_map
- DPRK2006 Ryanggang-Hyesan.PNG
- Settlement.map_caption
- Map of Ryanggang showing the location of Hyesan
- Settlement.mapsize
- 270px
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe zoom
- 9
- Settlement.mapframe point
- none
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- North Korea
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Official name
- 惠山市
- Country
- North Korea
- Located in
- Ryanggang Province
- Population
- 192680
- Area
- 277
- Capital of
- Ryanggang Province
- Image
- 巡道工出品 photo by Xundaogong - panoramio (106).jpg
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- Commons category
- Hyesan
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Area
- History
- Geography
- Climate
- Administrative divisions
- Economy
- Transportation
- Education
- Notable people
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Hyesan () is a city in the northern part of Ryanggang province of North Korea. It is a hub of river transportation as well as a product distribution centre. It is also the administrative centre of Ryanggang Province. As of 2008, the population of the city is 192,680.
== Area == Around the 1940s, this city included the nearby Paektu Mountains. However, due to several changes, the area of this city was reduced, and now it only includes the nearby Yalu River.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hyesan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (2)
On the map
3 mapped locations