Hich'ŏn
| Hich'ŏn | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Korean alphabet : | 희천 시 | |||
| Chinese characters : | 熙 川 市 | |||
| Revised Romanization : | Huicheon-si | |||
| McCune-Reischauer : | Hŭich'ŏn-si | |||
| Basic data | ||||
| Province : | Chagang-do | |||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 10 ′ N , 126 ° 17 ′ E | |||
| Residents: | 168,180 (as of 2008) | |||
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Hŭich'ŏn-si ( 희천 시 ; 熙 川 市 ) is a city in Chagang-do Province in North Korea . It has around 168,180 inhabitants (as of 2008).
The Huichon Reservoir is located near the city .
Web links
- Huicheon-si in Naver (Korean)
- Huicheon-si in the Doosan Encyclopedia (Korean)
- Rainer Dormels: Huichon - gateway to the plateau of the Jagang province , 2014 (PDF; 487 KB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2008 Census of Population of DPR Korea (PDF file; 1.4 MB), Central Bureau of Statistics , p. 19 Huichon City (English).