Chagang Province
Appearance
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Chagang (Chagang-do) is a province in North Korea; it is bordered bi Cheenae tae the north, Ryanggang-do an Hamgyongnam-do tae the east, Pyongannam-do tae the south, an Pyonganbuk-do tae the wast. Chagang wis formed in 1949, efter being demarcatit frae North P'yŏngan. The provincial caipital is Kanggye.
Admeenistrative diveesions
[eedit | eedit soorce]Chagang-do is dividit intae 3 ceeties (si) an 15 coonties (gun).
Ceeties
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Kanggye-si (강계시; 江界市; made intae "si" from "gun" December 1949)
- Hŭich'ŏn-si (희천시; 熙川市; made intae "si" October 1967)
- Manp'o-si (만포시; 滿浦市; made intae "si" October 1967)
Coonties
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Changgang-gun (장강군; 長江郡)
- Chasŏng-gun (자성군; 慈城郡)
- Chŏnch'ŏn-gun (전천군; 前川郡)
- Ch'osan-gun (초산군; 楚山郡)
- Chunggang-gun (중강군; 中江郡)
- Hwap'yŏng-gun (화평군; 和坪郡)
- Kop'ung-gun (고풍군; 古豐郡)
- Rangrim-gun (랑림군; 狼林郡)
- Ryongrim-gun (룡림군; 龍林郡)
- Sijung-gun (시중군; 時中郡)
- Sŏnggan-gun (성간군; 城干郡)
- Songwŏn-gun (송원군; 松原郡)
- Usi-gun (우시군; 雩時郡)
- Wiwŏn-gun (위원군; 渭原郡)
- Tongsin-gun (동신군; 東新郡)
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- 행정 구역 현황 (Haengjeong Guyeok Hyeonhwang) Archived 2008-03-29 at the Wayback Machine (in Korean only)
- Administrative divisions of North Korea Archived 2004-10-18 at the Wayback Machine (in simplified Chinese; used as reference for Hanja)
- Panorama Korea, Foreign Language Publishing House, Pyongyang, 1999.
See an aw
[eedit | eedit soorce]Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]- The People's Korea: Chagang Archived 2004-05-14 at the Wayback Machine