Sungho County

"Sungho" redirects here. For the names, see Sung-ho and Seung-ho.
Sŭngho
승호
County
승호군 · Sŭngho County
Korean transcription(s)
 • Chosŏn'gŭl승호군
 • Hanja勝湖郡
 • McCune–ReischauerSŭngho-gun
 • Revised RomanizationSeungho-gun
Map
CountryNorth Korea
RegionNorth Hwanghae Province
Administrative divisions8 tong, 6 ri
Population
 (2008)[1]
 • Total
85,624

Sŭngho or Sŭngho-gun is a county of North Hwanghae Province, North Korea. It was formerly one of the 19 kuyŏk that constitute P'yŏngyang, but in 2010, it was administratively reassigned from P'yŏngyang to North Hwanghae; foreign media attributed the change as an attempt to relieve shortages in P'yŏngyang's food distribution system.[2]

Administrative divisions

Sŭngho county is divided into 8 tong (neighbourhoods) and 6 ri (villages):

  • Apsae-dong(앞새동)
  • Hwach'ŏn 1-dong(화천1동)
  • Hwach'ŏn 2-dong(화천2동)
  • Namgang-dong(남강동)
  • Ripsŏk-tong(입석동)
  • Sŭngho 1-dong(승호1동)
  • Sŭngho 2-dong(승호2동)
  • Tokkol-dong(독골동)
  • Kŭm'ong-ri(금옥리)
  • Kwangch'ŏng-ri(광정리)
  • Mandal-li(만달리,萬達里)
  • Pongdo-ri(봉도리)
  • Rich'ŏl-li(이천리,梨川里)
  • Samch'ŏng-ri(삼청리,三靑里)

References

  1. ^ DPR Korean Central Bureau of Statistics: 2008 Population Census Archived 2011-05-14 at the Wayback Machine (Population 2008, published in 2009)
  2. ^ "Pyongyang now more than one-third smaller; food shortage issues suspected", Asahi Shimbun, 2010-07-17, retrieved 2010-07-19

39°01′48″N 126°00′00″E / 39.03000°N 126.00000°E / 39.03000; 126.00000


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