| P'yŏnggang County | |
| Native Name Lang: | ko |
| Settlement Type: | County |
| Translit Lang1: | Korean |
| Translit Lang1 Type1: | Chosŏn'gŭl |
| Translit Lang1 Info1: | 평강군 |
| Translit Lang1 Type2: | Hancha |
| Translit Lang1 Info2: | Korean: {{linktext|平|康|郡 |
| Translit Lang1 Info3: | P'yŏnggang-gun |
| Translit Lang1 Info4: | Pyeonggang-gun |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | North Korea |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kangwŏn |
| Area Total Km2: | 708 |
| Population As Of: | 2008 census |
| Population Total: | 90,425 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Parts Type: | Administrative divisions |
| Parts: | 1 ŭp, 30 ri |
P'yŏnggang County is a kun, or county, in Kangwŏn province, North Korea. It borders Sep'o to the north, Ch'ŏrwŏn to the south, Ich'ŏn to the west, and Kimhwa to the east.
A portion of the county is occupied by the Ryongam wetlands, which also cross into Ch'ŏrwŏn. Most of the county's terrain is mountainous, although there a few small expanses of level ground. The Kwangju and Majŏllyŏng mountains pass through P'yŏnggang. The region is prone to heavy rains.
The P'yŏnggang area was known as Puyang hyŏn during the Koguryŏ period, and as Kangp'yŏng (강평) under Silla. In the Koryŏ Dynasty, it was included in Tongju (동주); in the Chosŏn dynasty, it took its modern name.
On August 15, 1945, P'yŏnggang county included 1 ŭp (P'yŏnggang), 6 myŏn (Sŏ, Nam, Hyŏnnae, Mokchŏn, Sep'o, Yujin). Presently, it is divided into 1 ŭp and 30 ri (villages):
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In addition, Jeongyeon-ri (Korean: 정연리) in Galmal-Eup of Cheorwon County was traditionally part of Pyonggang County, and was the only part of the county that was ceded south after the Korean War.[1]
The county is well-suited to agriculture, and rice farming is especially developed. In addition, the mines of P'yŏnggang extract gold, tungsten, nepheline, zircon, alunite, and diatomaceous earth.