Hamhung is a populated place in North Korea. GeoNames lists its administrative area as South Hamgyong.

Its mapped location is latitude 39.91833° and longitude 127.53639° (WGS84). The recorded IANA time zone is Asia/Pyongyang. The country record uses the currency code KPW. The source record reports a population of 559,056; this is a recorded figure, not a live population count.

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