Chagang-do

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Chagang-do
Chosŏn'gŭl : 자강도
Hancha : 慈 江 道
McCune-Reischauer : Chagang-do
Revised Romanization : Jagang-do
Basic data
Surface: 16,613 km²

Residents: 1,147,946 (as of January 1, 2005)
Population density : 69 inhabitants per km²
Structure :

3 cities ( Si ); 15 counties ( Kun )

Administrative headquarters : Kanggye
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Copper mine in Chunggang-kun , taken in March 2012

Chagang-do is a province in North Korea . The seat of government of Chagang-do Province is in Kanggye .

history

Chagang was created in 1949 by splitting off the eastern part of the P'yŏngan-pukto province and part of the Hamgyŏng-namdo province . The name of Chagang is made up of the first syllables of the two cities Chasŏng and Kangye.

geography

Chagang-do borders in the north on the People's Republic of China , in the east on Ryanggang-do and Hamgyŏng-namdo , in the south on P'yŏngan-namdo and in the west on P'yŏngan-pukto .

The province of Chagang is 98% mountainous, the average altitude is 804 meters, with the eastern part being far higher than the western part. Chagang-do is traversed by the Nangrim Mountains in a north-south direction . In an east-west direction, the Kangnam Mountains run parallel to the Yalu river border with the People's Republic of China . The Jeokyryeong Mountains also run through the province in an east-west direction. In the northwest of the Nangrim Mountains is the 1227 high mountain Oga with a jungle and a nature reserve that has existed since 1959.

Next to the Yalu are the Changja-gang (third tributary of the Yalu), the Wiwon , the Chasŏng and the Chongchon . The latter rises from the 1003 meter high Gaphyeon mountain and flows through Kujang-kun , Kaechon and Anju before flowing into the Yellow Sea . 152 kilometers of 217 kilometers are navigable.

economy

Chagang-do is a center for the arms and ammunition industry with its locations in Hŭich'ŏn and Kanggye . Several hydropower plants have been built on the rivers of the province, the largest of which, the Unbong (400 MW, commissioned in 1970) and Wiwon (400 MW, commissioned in 1990), were built in cooperation with China. In addition, there are numerous small and micro hydropower plants, for which Chagang was the model province. Of the resulting reservoirs, the Supung reservoir is the largest.

Administrative division

Several territorial reforms were carried out in the 1950s. Since then, Chagang-do Province has been divided into three cities and 15 counties:

Cities

  • Hŭich'ŏn -si ( 희천 시 ; 熙 川 市 )
  • Kanggye -si ( 강계시 ; 江 界 市 )
  • Manp'o -si ( 만포시 ; 滿 浦 市 )

Counties

Web links

Commons : Chagang-do  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Yonhap News Agency (ed.): North Korea handbook . Sharpe, Armonk, NY 2003, ISBN 0-7656-1004-3 , pp. 73-76 .

Coordinates: 41 ° 0 '  N , 126 ° 30'  E