Kangdong County

{{other uses|Gangdong (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Kangdong County

| native_name = {{nobold|강동군}}

| native_name_lang = ko

| official_name =

| settlement_type = County

| translit_lang1 = Korean

| translit_lang1_type1 = Hanja

| translit_lang1_info1 = 江東郡

| translit_lang1_type2 = {{nowrap|McCune-Reischauer}}

| translit_lang1_info2 = Kangdong-gun

| translit_lang1_type3 = {{nowrap|Revised Romanization}}

| translit_lang1_info3 = Gangdong-gun

| image_skyline =

| imagesize =

| image_caption =

| image_map = Pyongyang Kangdong-gun.svg

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| coordinates = {{WikidataCoord|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = North Korea

| subdivision_type1 = Direct-administered city

| subdivision_name1 = P'yŏngyang-Chikhalsi

| area_total_km2 = 536.1

| population_as_of = 2008[https://www.citypopulation.de/en/northkorea/admin/ North Korea: Administrative Division]

| population_total = 221,539

| population_density_km2 = auto

| parts_type = Administrative divisions

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| map_caption = Location of Kangdong County within Pyongyang

}}

Kangdong County is one of Pyongyang's two suburban counties. In 1983 it was separated from South P'yongan Province and assumed direct governance by the Pyongyang City People's Committee. It is bordered by Sŏngch'ŏn-gun (Songchon County), South P'yongan in the north and east, Sŭngho-guyŏk (Sungho District) from the south and the Taedong River from the west.

Kangdong-gun is best known as the location of the supposed Tomb of King Tangun, the Revolutionary Site at Ponghwa-ri. Kim Jong-un's Kangdong Residence{{cite web | title= The Palaces of Pyongyang on Google Earth| work= One Free Korea | url= http://freekorea.us/2009/08/12/the-palaces-of-pyongyang/ | accessdate= June 5, 2012}} is located near the banks of Taedong River.{{cite web | title= KWP Leadership Compound: Kangdong Residence| work= Wikimapia | url= http://wikimapia.org/4824445/KWP-Leadership-Compound | accessdate= June 5, 2012}} The northeastern part of the county hosts the offices and facilities of the Second Economic Committee, which is the DPRK's weapons industry. Kyo-hwa-so No. 4 is a large reeducation camp in the south eastern part of Kangdong-gun.{{cite web| title= The Hidden Gulag – Exposing Crimes against Humanity in North Korea’s Vast Prison System (p. 109, p. 226)| work= The Committee for Human Rights in North Korea| url= http://www.hrnk.org/uploads/pdfs/HRNK_HiddenGulag2_Web_5-18.pdf| accessdate= September 21, 2012| archive-date= March 13, 2015| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150313045221/http://www.hrnk.org/uploads/pdfs/HRNK_HiddenGulag2_Web_5-18.pdf| url-status= dead}}