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Sign in to saveHŭngnam () is a district of Hamhung, the second largest city in North Korea. It is a port city on the eastern coast on the Korean East Sea (Sea of Japan). It is only from the slightly inland city of Hamhung. In 2005 it became a ward of Hamhung.
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- Hungnam Fertilizer.jpg
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- Inside the Hungnam Fertilizer Complex
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- 興南區域
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Hŭngnam () is a district of Hamhung, the second largest city in North Korea. It is a port city on the eastern coast on the Korean East Sea (Sea of Japan). It is only from the slightly inland city of Hamhung. In 2005 it became a ward of Hamhung.
==History== right|thumb|U.S. Navy and [[U.S. Army explosives teams destroy facilities and abandoned United Nations supplies in Hŭngnam on 24 December 1950, the last day of the amphibious evacuation of U.N. forces from Hŭngnam during the Korean War. The U.S. Navy high-speed transport stands by in the foreground.]]