Kwail County (Kwail-gun)

Korea (North) / Hwanghaenamdo / Changyon /
 county, second-level administrative division, draw only border
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(과일군/과일郡)
Kwail County (Kwail-gun) is a county is South Hwanghae Province, North Korea. It was created in 1967 from part of Songhwa County. The name "Kwail" means fruit in Korean, and the county was originally intended to be transformed into "100 li of blooming orchards. Because the county's name is a native Korean word, it is one of the few placed in Korea that does not have a name which can be written in Chinese characters.
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Coordinates:   38°26'50"N   124°59'15"E
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