Changja-gang
| Changja-gang | ||
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| location | P'yŏngan-pukto ( North Korea ) | |
| River system | Yalu | |
| Drain over | Yalu → Yellow Sea | |
| source | at Sobaek-san | |
| muzzle | in the Yalu coordinates: 40 ° 57 ′ 56 " N , 126 ° 3 ′ 47" E 40 ° 57 ′ 56 " N , 126 ° 3 ′ 47" E
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| length | 239 km | |
| Korean spelling | |
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| Korean alphabet : | 장자 강 |
| Hanja : | 將 子 江 |
| Revised Romanization : | Jangjagang |
| McCune-Reischauer : | Changjagang |
| Former name | |
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| Korean alphabet : | 독로 강 |
| Hanja : | 禿 魯 江 |
| Revised Romanization : | Dongnogang |
| McCune-Reischauer : | Tongnogang |
The Changja-gang is a river in North Korea . Until 1976 the river was called Tongno-gang . It is also called Sŏlsŏng-gang ( 설성 강 , 雪城 江 ) and Tongrae-gang ( 동래 강 , 東 來 江 ), and has its source at Sobaek-san ( 소백산 , 小 白山 ) in the southwest of the Rangrim-san Mountains ( 랑 림산 , 狼 林 山 ) in the province of P'yŏngan-pukto , is 239 km long, has a catchment area of 207 km² and flows into the Yalu .
The area was the scene of intense fighting both during the guerrilla war against the Japanese occupation and during the Korean War . These events were later processed in numerous books and films, for example "On the banks of the Tongro-gang" ( 독로 강 기슭 에서 Tongro-gang kisŭlgesŏ ) by Kim Hak-yŏn from 1951.
During the first five-year plan (1957–1961), a hydropower plant with a capacity of 90 megawatts was built on Tongro-gang . Construction had started in 1937, but the facilities were dismantled again in 1943.
In the northern interior of the country there is hardly any arable land. The valley of the Tongro-gang is the most important cultivation area in the region. Mainly corn is harvested here.
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- ↑ 장자 강 (將 子 江). In: North Korean Human geography. Retrieved November 28, 2018 (Korean).