Namsan: facts

At a glance

• Country: North Korea
• Region: North Hamgyong
• Administrative status: seat of a third-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA3)
• Coordinates: 42.2275° N, 129.2541° E
• Time zone: Asia/Pyongyang (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Won (KPW)
• Distance to the capital, Pyongyang: 462 km (287 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Yanji Chaoyangchuan Airport (YNJ, China): 75 km (46 mi), straight line
• Orang (Chongjin) Airport (RGO): 95 km (59 mi), straight line
• Changbaishan Airport (NBS, China): 137 km (85 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Musan-up: 3.8 km (2.4 mi)
• Nanping, China: 5.7 km (3.5 mi)
• Chongshan, China: 26 km (16 mi)
• Xianpudong, China: 28 km (17 mi)
• Fudong, China: 40 km (25 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Longjing, 62 km (39 mi)