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Hyesan
Yanggang-do · North Korea
City population
192,680
#17
in North Korea
#1
in Yanggang-do
#3,009
worldwide
41.402, 128.178 · 334 km from Pyongyang
About Hyesan
Hyesan is a city in Yanggang-do, North Korea with a population of 192,680. It is the 17th largest of the 96 cities of 15,000 or more listed in North Korea, and the 3,009th largest worldwide. It lies 334 km from Pyongyang.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Yanggang-do
Rank in region
#1of 4
Coordinates
41.402, 128.178
Record updated
14 April 2026
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.