Hyesan: facts

At a glance

• Country: North Korea
• Region: Yanggang-do
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 192,680
• Coordinates: 41.4017° N, 128.1778° E
• Time zone: Asia/Pyongyang (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Won (KPW)
• Distance to the capital, Pyongyang: 334 km (208 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Changbaishan Airport (NBS, China): 88 km (55 mi), straight line
• Orang (Chongjin) Airport (RGO): 123 km (76 mi), straight line
• Sondok Airport (DSO): 194 km (120 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Hyesan-dong: 1.1 km (0.7 mi)
• Changbai, China: 2.4 km (1.5 mi)
• Jinhua, China: 13 km (8 mi)
• Shisidaogou, China: 22 km (14 mi)
• Shisandaogou, China: 33 km (21 mi)