Kangnam County
강남군 | |
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Korean transcription(s) | |
• Hangul | 강남군 |
• Hanja | 江南郡 |
• McCune-Reischauer | Kangnam-gun |
• Revised Romanization | Gangnam-gun |
Country | North Korea |
Direct-administered city | P'yŏngyang-Chikhalsi |
Administrative divisions | 1 up, 18 ri |
Area | |
• Total | 149.1 km2 (57.6 sq mi) |
Population (2008[1]) | |
• Total | 69,279 |
• Density | 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
Kangnam County is one of the two suburban counties of Pyongyang, North Korea. It is north-west of Songrim, north-east of Hwangju County, west of Chunghwa County, and south of Nakrang-guyok. It is the location of cooperative farms and smaller industrial complexes. It became part of Pyongyang in May 1963, when it was separated from South P'yŏngan.[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] However, it was returned to Pyongyang in 2011.[3]