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- Hwasong Gulag. In northeastern North Korea sits Penal Labor Colony No. 16, also known as Hwasong Gulag. The 212-square-mile concentration camp is believed to house 10,000 people, many of them political prisoners.
- Kim Jong Il's tomb. "Google Maps users can peruse the North Korean landscape to see the Kumsusan Memorial Palace, which houses the bodies of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il," says Cavan Sieczkowski at The Huffington Post.
- Yongbyon nuclear facility. One of North Korea's most controversial sites, the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center, is also located on the map, "though it offers few additional details," says Akiko Fujita at ABC News.
- A non-existent golf course? Indeed, the map is already in the process of being revised. It shows, for example, a golf course on Yanggak Island, located in a river that runs through Pyongyang.
Washington Post. 2.44M subscribers. 161. 12K views 11 years ago. ...more. It took an army of volunteers to transform North Korea from a blank expanse to an integrated part of Google Maps....
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Feb 24, 2021 · Physical map of North Korea showing major cities, terrain, national parks, rivers, and surrounding countries with international borders and outline maps. Key facts about North Korea.
Topographic map of North Korea. North Korea occupies the northern portion of the Korean Peninsula, lying between latitudes 37° and 43°N, and longitudes 124° and 131°E. It covers an area of 120,540 square kilometers (46,541 sq mi). To its west are the Yellow Sea and Korea Bay, and to its east lies Japan across the Sea of Japan.
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Jan 29, 2013 · Google publishes detailed maps of North Korea for the first time It says "citizen cartographers" used map making software to add the data The maps show the reclusive regime's main...
