Hwapyong County

Hwapyong County
화평군
County
Korean transcription(s)
 • Hancha 和坪郡
 • McCune–Reischauer Hwap'yŏng-gun
 • Revised Romanization Hwapyeong-gun
Country North Korea
Region Kwanso
Province Chagang
Administrative divisions 1 ŭp, 3 rodongjagu, 10 ri
Area
 • Total 1,219 km2 (471 sq mi)
Population (2008)[1]
 • Total 42,183

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'gŭl Hancha
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

References

  1. ↑ DPR Korean Central Bureau of Statistics: 2008 Population Census Archived May 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. (Population 2008, published in 2009)
  2. ↑ "자강도 화평군 개요 - 북한지역정보넷". North Korean Human geography. The Institute for Peace Affairs. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
  3. ↑ "화평군 - 북한지명사전". North Korea Net. JoongAng Ilbo. Retrieved 26 February 2013.

See also

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