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Hoeryŏng
City population
43,831
#55
in North Korea
#11
in North Hamgyong
#12,861
worldwide
42.441, 129.746 · 506 km from Pyongyang
About Hoeryŏng
Hoeryŏng is a city in North Hamgyong, North Korea with a population of 43,831. It is the 55th largest of the 96 cities of 15,000 or more listed in North Korea, and the 12,861st largest worldwide. It lies 506 km from Pyongyang.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#11of 18
Elevation
237 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Pyongyang
Coordinates
42.441, 129.746
Record updated
2020-06-11
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 96 in North KoreaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.