Hoeryong
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Hoeryŏng (Hangul: "회령시", ) is a city in North Hamgyong Province, North Korea. It is located opposite Jilin Province, China, with the Tumen River in between. Sanhe (三合鎮), in Longjing City, is the closest Chinese town across the river. Hoeryŏng is the birthplace of Kim Il Sung's first wife and Kim Jong Il's mother, Kim Jong Suk. The Hoeryong Revolutionary Site commemorates the birthplace.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Hoeryong
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ko
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipal City
- Settlement.translit_lang1
- Korean
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type
- Chosŏn'gŭl
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info
- 회령시
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type1
- Hancha
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info2
- Hoeryŏng-si
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info3
- Hoeryeong-si
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Hoeryong North Korea.JPG
- Settlement.image_map
- DPRK2006 Hambuk-Hoiryong.PNG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Hoeryong City Centre
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- Map of North Hamgyong showing the location of Hoeryong
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- yes
- Settlement.mapframe zoom
- 12
- Settlement.mapframe point
- none
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- North Korea
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- Location within North Korea
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Official name
- 會寧市
- Country
- Korea under Japanese rule
- Located in
- North Hamgyong Province
- Population
- 153532
- Image
- Hoeryong North Korea.JPG
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- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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- Hoeryong
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Administrative divisions
- Economy
- Civil unrest
- 2016 Flood
- Climate
- See also
- Notes
- Further reading
- External links
Hoeryŏng (Hangul: "회령시", ) is a city in North Hamgyong Province, North Korea. It is located opposite Jilin Province, China, with the Tumen River in between. Sanhe (三合鎮), in Longjing City, is the closest Chinese town across the river. Hoeryŏng is the birthplace of Kim Il Sung's first wife and Kim Jong Il's mother, Kim Jong Suk. The Hoeryong Revolutionary Site commemorates the birthplace.
The former Hoeryŏng concentration camp (Kwalliso No. 22) was located from the city.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hoeryong” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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