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Onch'on Destination Guide

Discover Onch'on in North Korea

Onch'on in the region of P'yŏngan-namdo is a town located in North Korea - some 30 mi or ( 49 km ) West of Pyongyang , the country's capital .

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Local time in Onch'on is now 01:08 AM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Pyongyang " with a UTC offset of 9 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Daegu, Seoul, Busan, Gwangju, and Incheon. When in this area, you might want to check out Daegu . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Onch'on ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Onchon Airport

Onchon Airport is an airport near Onchon, Pyongan-namdo, North Korea.

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Located at 38.91 125.23 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Airports in North Korea, South Pyongan

Complex of Goguryeo Tombs

The Complex of Goguryeo Tombs (Complex of Koguryo Tombs) lie in North Korea. In July 2004, they became the first UNESCO World Heritage site in the country. The site consists of 30 individual tombs from the later Goguryeo kingdom, one of Three Kingdoms of Korea, located in the cities of P'yŏngyang and Namp'o. Goguryeo was one of the strongest Korean kingdoms in the north east of China and the Korean Peninsula from 37 BCE to the 7th century CE.

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Located at 38.86 125.42 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in North Korea, Goguryeo, Korean art, Murals, World Heritage Sites in North Korea

Nampo Stadium

Nampo Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Nampo, North Korea. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 30,000 people and opened in 1973.

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Located at 38.73 125.37 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures completed in 1973, Football venues in North Korea, Multi-purpose stadiums in North Korea, Sports venues in North Korea

Pyeonghwa Motors

Pyeonghwa Motors, (a Korean language word for "peace", also spelled Pyonghwa) is one of the two car manufacturers and dealers in North Korean automotive industry. It is a joint-venture in Nampo between Pyonghwa Motors of Seoul, a company owned by Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church, and the North Korean Ryonbong General Corp.

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Located at 38.75 125.40 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
Tags: Companies established in 1999, Manufacturing companies of North Korea, Motor vehicle manufacturers of North Korea, Nampo, Transport in North Korea, Unification Church affiliated organizations

Nampo

Namp'o is a city and seaport in South Pyongan Province, North Korea. It was a provincial-level Directly Governed City (Chikhalsi) from 1980 to 2004, when it was designated a "Special City" (T'ŭkgŭpsi) and made a part of South P'yŏngan. Namp'o was designated a T'ŭkpyŏlsi (teukbyeolsi; 특별시; 特別市) "Special City" in 2010. Namp'o is situated some 50 kilometres south west of P'yŏngyang, at the mouth of the Taedong River.

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Located at 38.73 125.40 (Lat./Long.); Less than 22 km away
Tags: Cities in South Pyongan, Nampo, Port cities and towns in North Korea