Hamhung

city in North Korea
Place city_or_town Q109356
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Hamhung

Summary

Hamhung is a city or town[1]. Hamhung has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Hamhung is located in South Hamgyong Province[3].
  • Hamhung is in the country of North Korea[4].
  • Hamhung is on the continent of Asia[5].
  • Hamhung's instance of is recorded as city or town[6].
  • Hamhung's instance of is recorded as big city[7].
  • Hamhung's instance of is recorded as second-level administrative division[8].
  • Hamhung's instance of is recorded as port city[9].
  • Hamhung's instance of is recorded as industrial region[10].
  • Hamhung's instance of is recorded as city of North Korea[11].
  • Hamhung's twinned administrative body is recorded as Shanghai[12].
  • Hamhung's Commons category is recorded as Hamhung[13].
  • Hamhung's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+09:00[14].
  • Hamhung's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 39.916666666667, 'lon': 127.53333333333}[15].
  • Hamhung's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 39.965555555556, 'lon': 127.48861111111}[16].
  • Hamhung's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hamhung[17].
  • Hamhung has a population of {'amount': '+768551'}[18].
  • Hamhung's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[19].
  • Hamhung's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20].
  • Hamhung's capital of is recorded as South Hamgyong Province[21].
  • Hamhung's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '함흥시'}[22].
  • Hamhung's category for people born here is recorded as Q32404052[23].
  • Hamhung's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '함흥시'}[24].
  • Hamhung's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '함흥'}[25].
  • Hamhung's category of associated people is recorded as Category:People from Hamhung[26].
  • Hamhung covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+330'}[27].

Body

Geography

Hamhung is in the country of North Korea[4]. Hamhung is located in South Hamgyong Province[3]. Hamhung is on the continent of Asia[5].

Physical Characteristics

Hamhung covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+330'}[27]. Hamhung has a population of {'amount': '+768551'}[18].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city or town[6], big city[7], second-level administrative division[8], port city[9], industrial region[10], and city of North Korea[11].

Why It Matters

Hamhung has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Hamhung is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . Q1194038. wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] . Q1194038. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . books.google.fi. books.google.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Q1194038. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . en.wikipedia.org. en.wikipedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity South Hamgyong Province
    Category of associated people Category:People from Hamhung
    Coordinate location {'lat': 39.916666666667, 'lon': 127.53333333333}, {'lat': 39.965555555556, 'lon': 127.48861111111}
    Described by source Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48043|batch #48043]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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