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Pyonggang County

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A portion of the county is occupied by the Ryongam wetlands, which also cross into Ch'ŏrwŏn. Most of the county's terrain is mountainous, although there a few small expanses of level ground. The Kwangju and Majŏllyŏng mountains pass through P'yŏnggang. The region is prone to heavy rains.
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The county is well-suited to agriculture, and rice farming is especially developed. In addition, the mines of P'yŏnggang extract gold, tungsten,
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was traditionally part of Pyonggang County, and was the only part of the county that was ceded south after the
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In the 238:province, 203:Population 61:Chosŏn'gŭl 952:nepheline 920:T'apkŏ-ri 917:Sut'ae-ri 893:Rangha-ri 887:Pokkye-ri 884:Oktong-ri 871:Munsal-li 856:Kagong-ri 850:Hasong-ri 832:Chawŏl-li 829:Aptong-ri 18:Pyongyang 1306:Category 1239:P'an'gyo 1199:Ch'ŏnnae 1194:Ch'ŏrwŏn 1189:Ch'angdo 1176:Counties 1161:Munch'ŏn 1022:24 March 1013:Archived 970:See also 853:Hwaam-ri 781:Source: 733:Average 637:(47.71) 612:(11.28) 607:(14.56) 568:Average 248:Ch'ŏrwŏn 162:Province 1244:Pŏptong 1229:Kŭmgang 1204:Hoeyang 1127:Capital 960:alunite 946:Economy 847:Haju-ri 812:and 30 635:1,211.9 632:(0.85) 627:(1.59) 622:(2.02) 617:(4.27) 602:(4.51) 597:(3.64) 592:(2.58) 587:(1.00) 582:(0.94) 577:(0.45) 563:(38.7) 558:(15.1) 553:(28.6) 548:(40.6) 543:(54.7) 538:(66.2) 533:(66.4) 528:(58.6) 523:(48.6) 518:(36.5) 513:(26.4) 508:(15.1) 493:(48.4) 488:(24.1) 483:(38.1) 478:(52.0) 473:(64.2) 468:(73.2) 463:(72.5) 458:(67.8) 453:(59.5) 448:(48.6) 443:(36.3) 438:(25.5) 433:(19.4) 423:(58.6) 418:(33.4) 413:(48.2) 408:(64.2) 403:(74.8) 398:(81.5) 393:(79.5) 388:(77.5) 383:(71.1) 378:(60.4) 373:(46.6) 368:(35.6) 363:(29.8) 301:Climate 283:Koguryŏ 271:History 236:Kangwŏn 167:Kangwŏn 150:Country 1224:Kosŏng 1214:Kimhwa 1209:Ich'ŏn 1184:Anbyŏn 1166:Wŏnsan 1153:Cities 1134:Wŏnsan 1039:, 1996 962:, and 956:zircon 503:(8.1) 314:Month 256:Kimhwa 252:Ich'ŏn 211:90,425 72:Hancha 47:County 1254:Sep'o 1219:Kosan 1016:(PDF) 1009:(PDF) 776:74.8 773:74.4 770:74.6 767:74.4 764:79.8 761:84.9 758:86.1 755:76.7 752:69.4 749:64.7 746:68.9 743:70.3 740:73.3 728:20.6 684:90.9 669:12.4 666:14.4 615:108.4 610:286.6 605:369.9 600:114.6 501:−13.3 353:Year 291:Koryŏ 287:Silla 244:Sep'o 228:is a 182:, 30 1024:2022 805:myŏn 737:(%) 725:5.5 722:2.0 719:0.0 716:0.0 713:0.0 710:0.0 707:0.0 704:0.0 701:0.5 698:3.5 695:3.9 692:5.2 681:6.5 678:6.5 675:5.0 672:6.9 663:8.8 660:7.7 657:6.9 654:5.8 651:5.0 648:5.0 630:21.6 625:40.4 620:51.4 595:92.5 590:65.6 585:25.4 580:24.0 575:11.5 556:−9.4 551:−1.9 541:12.6 536:19.0 531:19.1 526:14.8 511:−3.1 506:−9.4 486:−4.4 476:11.1 471:17.9 466:22.9 461:22.5 456:19.9 451:15.3 436:−3.6 431:−7.0 421:14.8 406:17.9 401:23.8 396:27.5 391:26.4 386:25.3 381:21.7 376:15.8 361:−1.2 350:Dec 347:Nov 344:Oct 341:Sep 338:Aug 335:Jul 332:Jun 329:May 326:Apr 323:Mar 320:Feb 317:Jan 278:hyŏn 190:Area 128:Flag 1071:Map 1054:In 931:정연리 561:3.7 546:4.8 521:9.2 516:2.5 491:9.1 481:3.4 446:9.2 441:2.4 416:0.8 411:9.0 371:8.1 366:2.0 231:kun 65:평강군 38:평강군 1308:: 966:. 958:, 954:, 942:. 815:ri 810:ŭp 799:ŭp 184:ri 180:ŭp 178:1 1235:) 1231:( 1112:e 1105:t 1098:v 1073:) 1069:( 1026:. 85:郡 82:康 79:平 24:.

Index

Pyongyang
Pyeongchang
County
Chosŏn'gŭl
Hancha



McCune-Reischauer
Revised Romanization
Flag of P'yŏnggang County
Map of Kangwon showing the location of Pyonggang
Country
North Korea
Province
Kangwŏn
Administrative divisions
kun
Kangwŏn
North Korea
Sep'o
Ch'ŏrwŏn
Ich'ŏn
Kimhwa
hyŏn
Koguryŏ
Silla
Koryŏ
Chosŏn dynasty
precipitation

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