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North Korea

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NORTH KOREA
NORTH KOREA

For supplementary information, see links to post office home pages here External, to postal code pages here External and to other personal name and addressing issues pages here External.

Table of Contents

North Korea - Country information

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Local short name form

Official name

Area

Population

24 052 231 (2008) [1]

Capital

Currency

International telephone access code

850

Car nationality plate code

ISO 3166 country codes

Internet country code

KP

GRC Country Code

NKO

North Korea - Number format

   1,234.45

(where . indicates the decimal separator and , the thousands separator)

North Korea - Date and time formats

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   Note: This section last updated 28th May 2021
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   14:32

North Korea - Languages

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The national language is Korean External.

North Korea - Example address formats

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When addresses are transliterated they are often also translated, as with the examples above.

   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired External

North Korea - Postal codes

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North Korea has no postal code system.

North Korea - Postal code format graphic

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North Korea - Postal code format

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North Korea - Postal code specifics

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North Korea - Postal code regular expression

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North Korea - Postal code level of coverage

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North Korea - Postal code map

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Place names in North Korea

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   Note: This section last updated 2nd December 2015

Refer to Exonyms in North Korea for full lists of place names in North Korea in other languages.

   Alternate place name forms/postal code tables can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/settlements.htm External
   Other language place name data can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/otherlanguageplace.htm External

North Korea - Administrative districts

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   Note: This section last updated 14th December 2022

North Korea has 9 provinces External (do) and four cities (ko): 1 special city, 1 capital city and 2 metropolitan cities:

    Chagang-do External (Chagang Province)
    Hamgyong-bukto External (North Hamgyong Province)
    Hamgyong-namdo External (South Hamgyong Province)
    Hwanghae-bukto External (North Hwanghae Province)
    Hwanghae-namdo External (South Hwanghae Province)
    Kaesong External (metropolitan city) 
    Kangwon-do External (Kangwon Province)
    Nampho External (metropolitan city)    
    P’yongan-bukto External (North P’yongan Province)
    P’yongan-namdo External (South P’yongan Province)
    P’yongyang-si External * (P’yongyang City - capital city)
    Raseon External (special city)  
    Yanggang-do External (Yanggang Province)

Administrative districts graphic

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Telephone numbers in North Korea

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North Korean area codes vary in length between 1 and 4 digits, with subscriber numbers varying in length between 3 and 13 numbers. Full numbers vary in length between 7 and 17 digits. Mobile numbers have the area code 191 and subscriber numbers of 7 digits.

   Tables of telephone number information/formats can be acquired – see http://www.grcdi.nl/telephone.htm External 

References

  1. ^ citypopulation.de/en/northkorea/admin/ External 20230115

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