| Type: | chigu (area) of North Korea |
| Kumho | |
| Translit Lang1: | Korean |
| Translit Lang1 Type: | Hangul |
| Translit Lang1 Info: | 금호지구 |
| Translit Lang1 Type1: | Hanja |
| Translit Lang1 Info1: | 地區 |
| Translit Lang1 Info2: | Geumho-jigu |
| Translit Lang1 Info3: | Kŭmho-jigu |
| Translit Lang2 Type: | Hangul |
| Translit Lang2 Type1: | Hanja |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | North Korea |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | South Hamgyong |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Parts Style: | para |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Area Total Km2: | 104 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 37,430 |
| Population As Of: | 2008 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Dialect |
Kŭmho is a chigu, or area, in South Hamgyŏng province, near the city of Sinp'o, North Korea. Kŭmho was part of Sinp'o until 1995, when it was made a special area under the direct administration of the province.[2]
In Kŭmho near Sinp'o in 1987 the building of first national nuclear plant was started by USSR but construction was cancelled in 1991 due to lack of funding and in 1993 then according to political reasons.
Then this place was the site of a planned two reactors development which was to have been built by the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO) with international support. Preparations and construction began in 1994 and 1997, but reactors was never completed. The last international workers were removed from the area in January 2006.
Kŭmho is divided into 1 rodongjagu (workers' district) and 8 ri (villages):
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