Chunghwa County
중화군 | |
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| Korean transcription(s) | |
| • Hanja | 中和郡 |
| • McCune-Reischauer | Chunghwa-gun |
| • Revised Romanization | Junghwa-gun |
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| Coordinates: 38°51′33.01″N 125°49′44.00″E / 38.8591694°N 125.8288889°E | |
| Country | North Korea |
| Province | North Hwanghae Province |
| Administrative divisions | 1 up, 16 ri |
| Population (2008) | |
• Total | 77,367 [1] |
Chunghwa County is a county of North Hwanghae, formerly one of the four suburban counties of East Pyongyang, North Korea. It sits north of Hwangju-gun, North Hwanghae, east of Kangnam-gun, North Hwanghae, west of Sangwŏn-gun, North Hwanghae, and south of Ryŏkp'o-guyŏk (Ryokpo District), Pyongyang. It became part of Pyongyang in May 1963, when it separated from South P'yŏngan Province. Chunghwa-gun is the location of a few historic sights (both Revolutionary and pre-Japanese occupation), such as the Chunghwa Hyanggyo, as well as a few KPA weapons units.[citation needed] In 2010, it was administratively reassigned from Pyongyang to North Hwanghae; foreign media attributed the change as an attempt to relieve shortages in Pyongyang's food distribution system.[2]
- ^ DPR Korean Central Bureau of Statistics: 2008 Population Census Archived May 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (Population 2008, published in 2009)
- ^ "Pyongyang now more than one-third smaller; food shortage issues suspected", Asahi Shimbun, 2010-07-17, retrieved 2010-07-19