Tukchang

Tŭkchang District 득장지구
District
Korean transcription(s)
• Chosŏn'gŭl	득장지구
• Hancha	得場地區
• McCune–Reischauer	Tŭkchang-jigu
• Revised Romanization	Deukjang-jigu
Country	North Korea
Province	South P'yŏngan
Administrative divisions	4 workers' districts
Population (2008)
• Total	50,033[1]

Tŭkchang District is a chigu in South P'yŏngan province, North Korea.

Tŭkchang was established as its own administrative area after separating from Pukch'ang in 1995.

Administrative districts

The district is split into four rodongjagu (workers' districts):

Kalgol-lodongjagu (갈골로동자구/갈골労働者区) Tŭkchang-rodongjagu (득장로동자구/得将労働者区) Myŏnghang-rodongjagu (명학로동자구/鳴鶴労働者区) Poŏp-rodongjagu (보업로동자구/甫業労働者区)

Transportation

Tŭkchang district is served by Myŏnghak Station in Myŏnghang-rodongjagu, the terminus of a branchline of the Korean State Railway's P'yŏngdŏk Line.

Prison Camp

Political Prison Camp No. 18 is a large prison labour colony in Tŭkchang district and Pukch'ang County at the banks of Taedong River. Many of the 50000 prisoners are forced to work in coal mines.^[2]

References

1. DPR 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