Overview

Chorwon County is county of North Korea.

It is located in Kangwon Province, North Korea.

The population is about 62,418 (2008).

It covers about 457 square kilometre.

Also known as: North Chorwon, Cholwon, Cholwon County, Chorwon-gun, Cholwon-kun, Chorwon-kun, Cholwon-gun

Media

Locator map

Locator map NK-Gangwon-Cholwon (2024).png

Facts

second-order administrative division in North Korea (AS)

Basic Data

  • Name Ch’ŏrwŏn-gun
  • Admin Code KP.09.1878166
  • Type second-order administrative division (ADM2)
  • a subdivision of a first-order administrative division

Geography

  • Coordinates
    38° 19' 58" N, 126° 59' 52" E
    38.33266, 126.99767
  • Elevation DEM: 210 m
  • Timezone Asia/Pyongyang
  • Time Shift GMT 9 (DST 9)

Statistics & Country

  • Population 0
  • Currency Won (KPW)
  • Phone Prefix +850
  • Internet TLD ..kp

Places in Ch'orwon-gun

Alternate Names

ko
철원
Ch’ŏrwŏn-gun
Cheorwon-gun
Ch’ŏrwŏn'-gun
Cheorwon
zh
鐵原
zh
鐵原郡
Ch’ŏrwŏn
wkdt
Q490109
Ch’ŏlwŏn-gun

Sources

Last updated 2025-12-15
geonames https://www.geonames.org/1878166
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