Kwirak: facts

At a glance

• Country: North Korea
• Region: North Hamgyong
• Administrative status: seat of a third-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA3)
• Coordinates: 42.4932° N, 130.3205° E
• Time zone: Asia/Pyongyang (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Won (KPW)
• Distance to the capital, Pyongyang: 544 km (338 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Yanji Chaoyangchuan Airport (YNJ, China): 83 km (52 mi), straight line
• Orang (Chongjin) Airport (RGO): 131 km (81 mi), straight line
• Vladivostok International Airport (VVO, Russia): 179 km (112 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Undok: 3.1 km (1.9 mi)
• Aoji-ri: 6.9 km (4.3 mi)
• Hahoe-dong: 14 km (9 mi)
• Sonbong: 17 km (10 mi)
• Unggi: 18 km (11 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Longjing, 80 km (50 mi)