Hamhung

Hamhŭng City
Korean Name
McCune-Reischauer	Hamhŭng-si
Revised Romanization	Hamheung-si
Hangul	함흥시
Hanja	咸興市
Statistics
Population	?
Area	?
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.

See also

• List of Korea-related topics