Iwon (other)
Iwon may refer to: * Iwon or Iwŏn ( ko, 이원, links=no), the common South Korean romanization of ** Riwon (, ''Riwŏn-ŭp''), a town in North Korea ** Riwon County (, ''Riwŏn-kun''), a county in North Korea * Iwon station (이원역, ''Iwon-yeok'') on the Gyeongbu Line in South Korea * iWon iWon.com was a free casual game site and web portal that offered the chance to win cash for charities through activities such as playing online games. iWon started as a web portal, similar to Yahoo!, that entered its users into daily, weekly, and m ...

Riwon County
Riwŏn or Iwon County is a county in South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea. It is located at the province's northeastern tip and borders the Sea of Japan (Korea's "East Sea") to the southeast. Name "Riwŏn" is the official North Korean romanization of the county's name, using the McCune–Reischauer system. The breve is often omitted. It is named for its seat, Riwon. Due to the silting of the mouth of the Namdae, Riwon was located a little inland by the 1950s, with a larger port named Kunsŏn. The two communities have since merged under the name Riwon. In South Korean sources, the county's name often appears as , now officially romanized as Iwon using Revised Romanization.. The MR romanization used before the year 2000 was Iwŏn. Physical features Riwŏn is mountainous, although there are also small plains, and is home to the Taedŏk Mountains (대덕산맥). The highest peak is Taedŏksan (1,442 m). There are some 10 significant streams; the chief of these is the Namdae ...
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