City profile · North Korea · Asia
Sunch’ŏn
City population
437,000
#4
in North Korea
#1
in South Pyongan
#1,315
worldwide
39.432, 125.933 · 47 km from Pyongyang
About Sunch’ŏn
Sunch’ŏn is a city in South Pyongan, North Korea with a population of 437,000. It is the 4th largest of the 96 cities of 15,000 or more listed in North Korea, and the 1,315th largest worldwide. It lies 47 km from Pyongyang.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 11
Coordinates
39.432, 125.933
Record updated
27 February 2019
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.