Hoeryong: facts

At a glance

• Country: North Korea
• Region: North Hamgyong
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 43,831
• Coordinates: 42.4411° N, 129.7460° E
• Time zone: Asia/Pyongyang (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Won (KPW)
• Distance to the capital, Pyongyang: 506 km (315 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Yanji Chaoyangchuan Airport (YNJ, China): 55 km (34 mi), straight line
• Orang (Chongjin) Airport (RGO): 113 km (70 mi), straight line
• Changbaishan Airport (NBS, China): 181 km (113 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Sanhe, China: 3.9 km (2.4 mi)
• Dalazi, China: 27 km (17 mi)
• Sambong: 28 km (17 mi)
• Xianpudong, China: 28 km (18 mi)
• Kaishantun, China: 29 km (18 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Longjing, 45 km (28 mi)