Kanggye
| Kanggye | ||||
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| Korean alphabet : | 강계시 | |||
| Chinese characters : | 江 界 | |||
| Revised Romanization : | Ganggye-si | |||
| McCune-Reischauer : | Kanggye-si | |||
| Basic data | ||||
| Province : | Chagang-do | |||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 58 ' N , 126 ° 36' E | |||
| Residents: | 209,530 (as of January 1, 2005) | |||
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Kanggye is a city in North Korea with 209,530 inhabitants, the capital of the Chagang-do province , an industrial city, transport hub and cultural center with a university , theater and museums .
Attractions
Worth seeing in Kanggye are the Inphung Pavilion on the Changja River , which flows through the city, as well as various mountains in the area, such as the 2,185 meter high Hŭsaek-san , the 1,730 meter high Yŏndŏk-san and the 1,355 meter high Hoiwa-san .
Since the unveiling on October 11, 2011, two bronze statues can be seen in Kanggye, depicting the former North Korean rulers Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il in the style of the Mansudae monument .
economy
Important branches of the economy are mechanical engineering , wood processing , ceramic production and viticulture . Copper , zinc , coal and graphite are mined in the vicinity of the city .
traffic
Kanggye is a transportation hub with roads , rail links to the capital, Pyongyang and other cities in the country, and an airport that is used for civil and military purposes.
Others
In Kanggye there is a short-wave transmitter of the North Korean Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (five transmitters with 200 kW output), which broadcasts the program of Voice of Korea .
Web links
- Rainer Dormels: Kanggye - industrial center in the northern mountainous country of Korea , 2014 (PDF; 557 kB)