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Hamhung

Hamhŭng City
Korean Name
McCune-Reischauer Hamhŭng-si
Revised Romanization Hamheung-si
Hangul 함흥시
Hanja 咸興市
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Government Capital of South Hamgyŏng; former Directly Governed City
Administrative Divisions ?
Region Kwannam
Dialect Hamgyŏng
Split from South Hamgyŏng, 1960
Rejoined North Hamgyŏng, 1967

Hamhŭng (Hamhŭng-si) is the capital of South Hamgyŏng Province, North Korea. From 1960 to 1967, Hamhŭng was administered separately from South Hamgyŏng as a Directly Governed City (Chikhalsi), but before 1960, and since 1967, the city has been part of South Hamgyŏng Province.

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Last updated: 05-23-2005 00:47:50