Hwapyong County Explained

Hwapyong County
Native Name Lang:ko
Settlement Type:County
Translit Lang1:Korean
Translit Lang1 Type1:Hancha
Translit Lang1 Info2:Hwap'yŏng-gun
Translit Lang1 Info3:Hwapyeong-gun
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:North Korea
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Kwanso
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Chagang
Area Total Km2:1219
Population As Of:2008
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:42183
Parts Type:Administrative divisions
Parts:1 ŭp, 3 rodongjagu, 10 ri

Hwapyong County is a kun, or county, in Chagang Province, North Korea. It was incorporated as a new county as part of a general reorganization of local government in December 1952. Previously it had been part of Chasong and Huchang.

Administrative divisions

Hwapyong-gun is divided into one town (ŭp), 3 workers' districts (rodongjagu) and 10 villages (ri).[2] [3]

Chosŏn'gŭlHancha
Hwapyong-ŭp화평읍 和坪邑
Kasan-rodongjagu가산로동자구 街山勞動者區
Changbaeng-rodongjagu장백로동자구 長白勞動者區
Chunghŭng-rodongjagu중흥로동자구 中興勞動者區
Chinsong-ri진송리 榛松里
Hoejung-ri회중리 檜中里
Hŭksu-ri흑수리 黑水里
Karim-ri가림리 街林里
Punam-ri부남리 富南里
Rip'yŏng-ri리평리 梨坪里
Sobung-ri소북리 小北里
Songdŏng-ri송덕리 松德里
Taehŭng-ri대흥리 大興里
Yanggye-ri양계리 陽溪里

See also

References

  1. http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sources/census/2010_PHC/North_Korea/Final%20national%20census%20report.pdf DPR Korean Central Bureau of Statistics: 2008 Population Census
  2. Web site: 자강도 화평군 개요 - 북한지역정보넷 . North Korean Human geography . The Institute for Peace Affairs . 26 February 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305001730/http://www.cybernk.net/infoText/InfoAdminstList.aspx?ac=A0418&mc=AD0101 . 5 March 2016 .
  3. Web site: 화평군 - 북한지명사전 . . North Korea Net . . 26 February 2013.