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Hamhung

Hamhŭng City
Korean Name
McCune-ReischauerHamhŭng-si
Revised RomanizationHamheung-si
Hangul함흥시
Hanja咸興市
Statistics
Population?
Area?
GovernmentCapital of South Hamgyŏng; former Directly Governed City
Administrative Divisions?
RegionKwannam
DialectHamgyŏng
Split fromSouth Hamgyŏng, 1960
RejoinedNorth 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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