Kangwon-do

Kangwon Province
Chosŏn'gŭl :	강원도
Hancha :	江原道
McCune-Reischauer :	Kangwon-do
Revised Romanization :	Gangwon-do
Basic data
Surface:	11,255 km²
Residents:	1,474,225 (as of January 1, 2005)
Population density :	131 inhabitants per km²
Structure :	2 cities ( Si ); 15 counties ( Kun );
Administrative headquarters :	Wŏnsan

Kangwon-do is a province in North Korea . It is located in the southeast of North Korea , the capital is Wŏnsan .

geography

Kangwon-do forms the smaller part of the former Gangwon-do province, which is now divided by the demilitarized zone . Gangwon-do is also the name of the South Korean province south of the DMZ . The province is also bordered by Hwanghae-pukto to the west, P'yŏngan-namdo and Hamgyŏng-namdo to the northwest and north, and the Sea of Japan to the east . In the southeast is the separately administered tourist region Kŭmgang-san .

Administrative division

The province of Kangwon-do in North Korea is divided into two cities and 15 counties. In 2002 , parts of the districts of Kos Tng and Tongch'ŏn were detached from the province of Kangwŏn-do and the Kregionmgang-san tourist region was formed from them.

Cities

Munchŏn-shi ( 문천 시 ; 文川市 )
Wŏnsan -shi ( 원산 시 ; 元山市 )

Counties

Anbyŏn-gun ( 안변 군 ; 安邊郡 )
Ch'angdo-gun ( 창도 군 ; 昌道郡 )
Ch'ŏrwŏn-gun ( 철원군 ; 鐵原郡 ; formerly Anhyŏp-gun; not to be confused with the Cheorwon -gun district of the Republic of Korea)
Ch'ŏnnae-gun ( 천내 군 ; 川內郡 )
Hoeyang-gun ( 회 양군 ; 淮陽郡 )
Ich'ŏn-gun ( 이천 군 ; 伊川郡 )
Kimhwa-gun ( 김화군 ; 金化郡 )
Kosan-gun ( 고산 군 ; 高山郡 )
Kosŏng-gun ( 고성군 ; 固城郡 )
Kŭmgang-gun ( 금강 군 ; 金剛郡 )
P'an'gyo-gun ( 판교 군 ; 板橋郡 )
Pŏptong-gun ( 법동 군 ; 法洞郡 )
Pyŏnggang-gun ( 평강 군 ; 平康郡 )
Sep'o-gun ( 세포군 ; 洗浦郡 )
T'ongch'ŏn-gun ( 통천군 ; 通川郡 )

Web links

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39 127.4Coordinates: 39 ° 0 ' N , 127 ° 24' E