Hamhung Hamhung

Hamhung - Definition and Overview

Hamhŭng City
Korean Name
McCune-ReischauerHamhŭng-shi
Revised RomanizationHamheung-si
Hangul함흥시
Hanja咸興市
Statistics
Population?
Area?
GovernmentCapital of South Hamgyŏng; former Directly Governed City
Administrative Divisions?
RegionKwannam
DialectHamgyŏng
Split fromSouth Hamgyŏng, 1960
RejoinedNorth Hamgyŏng, 1967

Hamhŭng (Hamhŭng-shi) is the capital of South Hamgyŏng Province, North Korea. From 1960 to 1967, Hamhŭng was administered separately from South Hamgyŏng as a Directly Governed City (Chik'alshi), but before 1960, and since 1967, the city has been part of South Hamgyŏng Province.

See also

Copyright 2009 WordIQ.com - Privacy Policy  :: Terms of Use  :: Contact Us  :: About Us
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the this Wikipedia article.