Changdo County

Ch'angdo County 창도군
County
Korean transcription(s)
• Chosŏn'gŭl	창도군
• Hancha	昌道郡
• McCune-Reischauer	Ch'angdo-gun
• Revised Romanization	Changdo-gun
Map of Kangwon showing the location of Changdo
Country	North Korea
Province	Kangwŏn Province
Administrative divisions	1 ŭp, 16 ri
Area
• Total	696 km2 (269 sq mi)
Population  (2008)
• Total	51,319
• Density	74/km2 (190/sq mi)

Ch'angdo County is a kun, or county, in Kangwŏn province, North Korea. Originally part of Kimhwa, it was split off as a separate county in 1952.

Geography

Ch'angdo lies to the west of the Taebaek Mountains, in the Ryŏngsŏ region of Kangwŏn, but is nonetheless quite rugged. The highest point is Okpatpong (옥밭봉), 1240 m above sea level. Ch'angdo lies just north of the Korean Demilitarized Zone. The chief stream is the Pukhan River, which flows southward across the DMZ into South Korea. Roughly 80% of the county's area is forestland.

Administrative divisions

Ch'angdo county is divided into 1 ŭp (town) and 16 ri (villages):

Ch'angdo-ŭp Changhyŏl-li Chisŏng-ri Ch'ujŏl-li Koksal-li Kŭmsal-li Kuryong-ri Kyoju-ri Myŏng'u-ri

P'angyo-ri Sadong-ri Sanwŏl-li Sinsŏng-ri Sŏngdo-ri Songp'o-ri Taebaeng-ri Tangsal-li

Economy

The chief local industry is agriculture, including sericulture and livestock farming. Lumbermills have also been developed, but there is little other industry. There are deposits of copper, zinc, nickel, and lead.

Transportation

Ch'angdo is connected to the rest of North Korea by road, but not by rail. Google Earth imagery from 2017 shows a newly constructed emergency highway landing strip for aircraft and is equipped with two aircraft parking revetments located to the north of Changdo city.

See also

• Geography of North Korea
• Administrative divisions of North Korea
• Kangwon (North Korea)

External links

• In Korean language online encyclopedias:
  • Doosan Encyclopedia (Naver)
  • Korean language Britannica (Empas) (Map)
  • Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (Empas)
  • Pascal World Encyclopedia (Nate)