Chungsan County Explained

Chŭngsan County
Native Name Lang:	ko
Settlement Type:	County
Translit Lang1 Type:	Chosŏn'gŭl
Translit Lang1 Info:	증산군
Translit Lang1:	Korean
Translit Lang1 Type1:	Hancha
Translit Lang1 Info2:	Chŭngsan-gun
Translit Lang1 Info3:	Jeungsan-gun
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	North Korea
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Name1:	South P'yŏngan
Unit Pref:	Metric
Area Total Km2:	346.32
Population Total:	113613
Population As Of:	2008^[1]
Population Density Km2:	auto
Parts Type:	Administrative divisions
Parts:	1 ŭp, 17 ri

Chŭngsan County is a kun (county) in South Pyongan Province, North Korea.

Re-education Camp No. 11, a large prison mostly for repatriated refugees, is located in the northwestern part of Chŭngsan County.

Administrative divisions

Chŭngsan county is divided into 1 ŭp (town) and 17 ri (villages):

Chŭngsan-ŭp (증산읍/甑山邑)
Chŏksong-ri (적송리/赤松里)
Chŏngsal-li (청산리/靑山里)
Hamjung-ri (함종리/咸從里)
Iap-ri (이압리/二鴨里)
Kŭmsong-ri (금송리/金宋里)
Kwangje-ri (광제리/廣濟里)
Manp'ung-ri (만풍리/万豊里)
Mubol-li (무본리/務本里)

Mundong-ri (문동리/文洞里)
Palsal-li (발산리/鉢山里)
P'ungjŏng-ri (풍정리/豊井里)
Raksaeng-ri (락생리/樂生里)
Rimsŏng-ri (림성리/林城里)
Ryongdŏng-ri (룡덕리/龍德里)
Sach'ŏl-li (사천리/沙川里)
Sinhŭng-ri (신흥리/新興里)
Sŏkta-ri (석다리/石多里)

Transportation

Chŭngsan county is served by the Namdong Branch of the Korean State Railway's P'yŏngnam Line.

References

http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sources/census/2010_PHC/North_Korea/Final%20national%20census%20report.pdf Korean Central Bureau of Statistics: 2008 Population Census

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