Pukchang County

Pukch'ang County 북창군
County
Korean transcription(s)
• Chosŏn'gŭl	북창군
• Hancha	北倉郡
• McCune-Reischauer	Pukch'ang-gun
• Revised Romanization	Bukchang-gun
Country	North Korea
Province	South P'yŏngan
Administrative divisions	1 ŭp, 4 workers' districts, 21 ri
Population (2008[1])
• Total	139,498

Pukch'ang County is a kun (county) in South P'yŏngan province, North Korea.

In this county is the country's largest power station- Pukchang coal power station - with a production capacity of up to 1600 MW.

Administrative Divisions

The district is split into 1 ŭp (town), 4 rodongjagu (worker districts) and 21 ri (villages):

Pukch'ang-ŭp (북창읍/北倉邑) Inp'o-rodongjagu (인포로동자구/仁浦勞動者區) Pukch'ang-rodongjagu (북창로동자구/北昌勞動者區) P'unggong-rodongjagu (풍곡로동자구/豊谷勞動者區) Songnam-rodongjagu (송남로동자구/松南勞動者區) Chamsang-ri (잠상리/蠶上里) Hwial-li (회안리/檜安里) Kap'yŏng-ri (가평리/加坪里) Kwangro-ri (광로리/廣路里) Kwanha-ri (관하리/官下里) Maehyŏl-li (매현리/梅峴里) Namsang-ri (남상리/南上里) Pongch'ang-ri (봉창리/鳳倉里)

Ryongsal-li (룡산리/龍山里) Sam-ri (삼리/三里) Sangha-ri (상하리/上下里) Sinbong-ri (신복리/新福里) Sinsŏng-ri (신석리/新石里) Soch'ang-ri (소창리/召倉里) Sŏksal-li (석산리/石山里) Songrim-ri (송림리/松林里) Songsa-ri (송사리/松寺里) Suong-ri (수옥리/水玉里) Taep'yŏng-ri (대평리/大坪里) Wŏnp'yŏng-ri (원평리/院坪里) Yŏllyu-ri (연류리/淵柳里)

Prison Camp

Political Prison Camp No. 18 is a large prison labour colony in the western part of the county at the banks of Taedong River. Many of the 50000 prisoners are forced to work in coal mines.^[2]

References

1. Korean Central Bureau of Statistics: 2008 Population Census (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)

External links

• (English) Map of Pyongan provinces
• (Korean) Detailed map