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Kangwon Province
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province of North Korea
Kangwon Province is a region in northeastern North Korea that borders South Korea and Russia. It is significant as a mountainous area that has historically been important for Korea's geography and has been divided between North and South Korea since the Korean War.
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Vinony's link graph records 340 inbound references to Kangwon Province, and connects out to Gyeonggi Province, Hanja and Wonsan.
The entry is geolocated on the map in adm1st.
Vinony files it under Kangwon Province, North Korea, Kangwon Province (pre-1910) and Provinces of North Korea.
Vinony links it to 54 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- province of North Korea
- Official name
- 江原道
- Country
- North Korea
- Located in
- North Korea
- Contains
- Pangyo County
- Capital
- Wonsan
- Population
- 1477582
- Area
- 11255.0
- Time zone
- UTC+08:30
- Shares border with
- North Hwanghae Province
- Image
- Wonsan (14111984398).jpg
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- different from
- Gangwon Province
- Commons category
- Kangwon-do
- topic's main category
- Category:Kangwon Province, North Korea
- category for people born here
- Category:People from Kangwon Province (North Korea)
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Encyclopedic overview
Kangwon Province (Kangwŏndo; Korean pronunciation: [kaŋ.wʌn.do]) is a province of North Korea, with its capital at Wŏnsan. Before the division of Korea in 1945, Kangwŏn Province and its South Korean neighbour Gangwon Province (also spelled Kangwon Province sometimes) formed a single province that excluded Wŏnsan.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kangwon Province” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.