Ryanggang-do

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Ryanggang-do
Chosŏn'gŭl : 량강 도
Hancha : 兩 江 道
McCune-Reischauer : Ryanggang-do
Revised Romanization : Ryanggang-do
Basic data
Surface: 14,114 km²

Residents: 660,658 (as of January 1, 2005)
Population density : 47 inhabitants per km²
Structure :
  • 1 city ( Si )
  • 11 counties ( Kun )
Administrative headquarters : Hyesan
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Ryanggang-do is a province in North Korea . It was created in 1954 by splitting off from Hamgyŏng-namdo Province . The capital of the province is Hyesan .

geography

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

history

On September 9, 2004, the first major detonation occurred in the Ryanggang-do region, which was interpreted as an indication of a nuclear weapon test , which the North Korean government denies. Organizations outside North Korea located further tremors that indicate nuclear weapons tests in 2013 and 2016 in an area northeast of the village of Sungjibaegam in Ryanggang-do. The government of the People's Republic issued a press release in the last case confirming a nuclear weapon test.

Administrative division

The province of Ryanggang-do is divided into two cities and ten counties.

city

  • Hyesan -shi ( 혜산시 ; 惠山 市 )
  • Samjiyŏn -shi ( 삼지연 시 ; 三 池 淵 郡 )

Counties

  • Kapsan-gun ( 갑산 군 ; 甲 山 郡 )
  • Kimjŏngsuk-gun ( 김정숙 군 ; 金貞 淑 郡 )
  • Kimhyŏn-gun ( 김형권 군 ; 金 亨 權 郡 )
  • Kimhyŏngjik-gun ( 김형직 군 ; 金 亨 稷 郡 )
  • Paegam-gun ( 백암 군 ; 白岩 郡 )
  • Poch'ŏn-gun ( 보 천군 ; 普天 郡 )
  • P'ungsŏn-gun ( 풍서 군 ; 豊 西 郡 )
  • Samsu-gun ( 삼수 군 ; 三水 郡 )
  • Taehongdan-gun ( 대홍 단군 ; 大紅 湍 郡 )
  • Unhŭng-gun ( 운흥 군 ; 雲 興 郡 )

Web links

Commons : Ryanggang-do  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Press release M5.3 North Korea (Eng.)
  2. ↑ Nuclear test 2013
  3. ↑ DPRK Succeeds in Nuclear Warhead Explosion Test ( English ) James Pearson ( Reuters ), Twitter . September 9, 2016. Retrieved September 9, 2016: "North Korea says capable of mounting nuclear weapon on ballistic missile, in statement confirming fifth test."

Coordinates: 41 ° 18 '  N , 128 ° 12'  E