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Kosan

Kangwon-do · North Korea
City population
24,822
#78
in North Korea
#3
in Kangwon-do
#21,240
worldwide
PyongyangKosan
38.856, 127.418 · 145 km from Pyongyang
City population
24,822
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in North Korea
#78
of 96 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#21,240
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of North Korea
0.1%
of the national population

About Kosan

Kosan is a city in Kangwon-do, North Korea with a population of 24,822. It is the 78th largest of the 96 cities of 15,000 or more listed in North Korea, and the 21,240th largest worldwide. It lies 145 km from Pyongyang.

Position in North Korea
#78of 96
LargestSmallest
Position in Kangwon-do
#3of 5
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
North Korea
Region
Kangwon-do
Rank in region
#3of 5
Distance to capital
145 km
to Pyongyang
Elevation
195 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Pyongyang
Coordinates
38.856, 127.418
Record updated
2012-01-19
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.

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