Hamhung

Hamhung

함흥시
Hamhung 함흥시
Municipal City
Korean transcription(s)
• Chosŏn'gŭl	함흥시
• Hancha	咸興市
• McCune-Reischauer	Hamhŭng-si
• Revised Romanization	Hamheung-si
	A view of Hamhung
Country	North Korea
Region	Kwannam
Area
• Total	330 km2 (130 sq mi)
Population (2008)
• Total	559,056
• Dialect	Hamgyŏng

Hamhung is a city in North Korea. It is the capital of South Hamgyong Province. It is the second largest city in North Korea and has the population of 768,551 as of 2008^[update].

References

↑ United Nations Statistics Division; 2008 Census of Population of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea conducted on 1–15 October 2008 (pdf-file) Archived 31 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2009-03-18.

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[Nkorea2008-1] United Nations Statistics Division; 2008 Census of Population of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea conducted on 1–15 October 2008 (pdf-file) Archived 31 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2009-03-18.