Chungsan County

For the city in China, see Zhongshan.

Chŭngsan County is a kun (county) in South Pyongan Province, North Korea.

Chŭngsan County 증산군
County
Korean transcription(s)
• Chosŏn'gŭl	증산군
• Hancha	甑山郡
• McCune-Reischauer	Chŭngsan-gun
• Revised Romanization	Jeungsan-gun
Map of South Pyongan showing the location of Chungsan
Country	North Korea
Province	South P'yŏngan
Administrative divisions	1 ŭp, 17 ri
Area
• Total	346.32 km2 (133.71 sq mi)
Population  (2008[1])
• Total	113,613
• Density	330/km2 (850/sq mi)

Re-education Camp No. 11, a large prison mostly for repatriated refugees, is located in the northwestern part of Chŭngsan County.

Administrative divisions

Chŭngsan county is divided into 1 ŭp (town) and 17 ri (villages):

Chŭngsan-ŭp (증산읍/甑山邑) Chŏksong-ri (적송리/赤松里) Chŏngsal-li (청산리/靑山里) Hamjung-ri (함종리/咸從里) Iap-ri (이압리/二鴨里) Kŭmsong-ri (금송리/金宋里) Kwangje-ri (광제리/廣濟里) Manp'ung-ri (만풍리/万豊里) Mubol-li (무본리/務本里)

Mundong-ri (문동리/文洞里) Palsal-li (발산리/鉢山里) P'ungjŏng-ri (풍정리/豊井里) Raksaeng-ri (락생리/樂生里) Rimsŏng-ri (림성리/林城里) Ryongdŏng-ri (룡덕리/龍德里) Sach'ŏl-li (사천리/沙川里) Sinhŭng-ri (신흥리/新興里) Sŏkta-ri (석다리/石多里)

Transportation

Chŭngsan county is served by the Namdong Branch of the Korean State Railway's P'yŏngnam Line.

References

1. Korean Central Bureau of Statistics: 2008 Population Census Archived May 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (Population 2008, published in 2009)

External links

• (in English) Map of Pyongan provinces Archived 2012-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
• (in Korean) Detailed map