Pukchang

Pukchang (Pukch'ang kun) is a coonty o the province o Pyongannam-do in North Korea.

Pukchang Chosŏn'gŭl: 북창군 Hanja: 北倉郡 RR: Bukchang-gun MR: Pukch'ang kun
Kintra	North Korea
State	Pyongannam-do
Admeenistrative centre	Pyongsong
Population  (2008[1])
• Total	139,498

In this coonty is the kintra's mucklest pouer station- Pukchang coal pouer station - wi a production capacity o up tae 1600 MW.

Admeenistrative destricts

The destrict is split intae ane ŭp (veelage), nine rodongjagu (wirker destricts) an 20 ri (touns).

Preeson Camp

Poleetical Preeson Camp No. 18 is a muckle preeson labor colony in the wastren pairt o the coonty at the banks o Taedong River. Mony o the 50000 preesoners are forcit tae wirk in coal mines.^[2]

References

1. Korean Central Bureau of Statistics: 2008 Population Census Archived 2010-03-31 at the Wayback Machine (Population 2008, published in 2009)
2. "Committee for Human Rights in North Korea: The Hidden Gulag (Section: Testimony Kwan-li-so No. 18 Bukchang, p. 69 - 76)" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 13 Mairch 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2012.

Freemit airtins

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