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Sunan

Pyongyang · North Korea
City population
36,671
#64
in North Korea
#4
in Pyongyang
#15,069
worldwide
PyongyangSunan
39.203, 125.693 · 20 km from Pyongyang
City population
36,671
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in North Korea
#64
of 96 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#15,069
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of North Korea
0.1%
of the national population

About Sunan

Sunan is a city in Pyongyang, North Korea with a population of 36,671. It is the 64th largest of the 96 cities of 15,000 or more listed in North Korea, and the 15,069th largest worldwide. It lies 20 km from Pyongyang.

Position in North Korea
#64of 96
LargestSmallest
Position in Pyongyang
#4of 6
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
North Korea
Region
Pyongyang
Rank in region
#4of 6
Distance to capital
20 km
to Pyongyang
Elevation
37 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Pyongyang
Coordinates
39.203, 125.693
Record updated
2021-09-08
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 Korea

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