| Tŭkchang District | |
| Native Name: | 득장지구 |
| Native Name Lang: | ko |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Translit Lang1 Type: | Chosŏn'gŭl |
| Translit Lang1 Info: | 득장지구 |
| Translit Lang1: | Korean |
| Translit Lang1 Type1: | Hancha |
| Translit Lang1 Info3: | Deukjang-jigu |
| Translit Lang1 Info2: | Tŭkchang-jigu |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | North Korea |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | South P'yŏngan |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Total: | 50033[1] |
| Population As Of: | 2008 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Parts Type: | Administrative divisions |
| Parts: | 4 workers' districts |
Tŭkchang District is a chigu in South P'yŏngan province, North Korea.
Tŭkchang was established as its own administrative area after separating from Pukch'ang in 1995.
The district is split into four rodongjagu (workers' districts)in 1995:
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Tŭkchang district is served by Myŏnghak Station in Myŏnghang-rodongjagu, the terminus of a branchline of the Korean State Railway's P'yŏngdŏk Line.
Political Prison Camp No. 18 is a large prison labour colony in Tŭkchang district and Pukch'ang County at the banks of Taedong River. In 1995, Camp 18 Tukchang part was returned to ordinary society and is called “Tukchang Coal Mine Complex”(득장지구탄광련합기업소).[2] [3] The camp was dismantled in 2006 and maybe reopened in 2016.[4] [5]