Sudong County

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| name = Sudong County

| translit_lang1 = Korean

| translit_lang1_type = Hangul

| translit_lang1_info = 수동군

| translit_lang1_type1 = Hanja

| translit_lang1_info1 = 水洞郡

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| translit_lang1_info2 = Sudong-gun

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| translit_lang1_info3 = Sudong kun

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| image_map = DPRK2006 Hamnam-Sudong.PNG

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| map_caption = Map of South Hamgyong showing the location of Sudong

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = North Korea

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = South Hamgyong

| seat_type = Capital

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| parts_type = Administrative divisions

| parts_style = para

| p1 = 6 dong, 14 ri

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| leader_title = Mayor

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| area_total_km2 = 783.4

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

| population_total = 95,716

| population_as_of = 2008

| population_density_km2 = auto

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Sudong County is a county in South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea. It was formed from part of Kowŏn County in December 1990.{{cite web|accessdate=2006-11-08|url=http://nk.chosun.com/map/map.html?ACT=geo_03|title=행정구역 개편 일지|work=NKChosun.com|date=2006-04-05|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061102025933/http://nk.chosun.com/map/map.html?ACT=geo_03|archivedate=2006-11-02}} See also [https://archive.today/20120701165229/http://100.naver.com/100.nhn?docid=745804 고원군의 연혁]

Sudong is the site of a major coal seam first discovered in 1918.{{cite web|accessdate=2006-11-08|url=http://100.naver.com/100.nhn?dir_id=1301030720&docid=755949|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710054028/http://100.naver.com/100.nhn?dir_id=1301030720&docid=755949|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 10, 2012|script-title=ko:고원-문천탄전|publisher=Doosan Encyclopedia/Naver|language=Korean}} The P'yŏngra Line of the Korean State Railway passes through the district.

Administrative divisions

Sudong is divided into 6 dong (neighbourhoods) and 14 ri (villages):

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  • Changdong-dong
  • Palhŭng-dong
  • Sudong-dong
  • Tŏksa-dong
  • Un'gok-dong
  • Wŏn'gŏ-dong
  • Changryang-ri
  • Chukchŏl-ri
  • Ch'ŏnsŏng-ri
  • Ch'ŏn'ŭl-ri

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  • Ch'ukchŏl-ri
  • Hoep'yŏng-ri
  • Ryongp'yŏng-ri
  • Samp'yŏng-ri
  • Sangong-ri
  • Sŏngnae-ri
  • Sŏngnam-ri
  • Susal-ri
  • Unhŭng-ri
  • Unsal-ri

Transportation

Sudong-gu has a trolleybus line opened in 1979 running within this district,{{Cite web|title=민추본|url=http://www.unikorea.or.kr/sub/sub6_4.html?mode=view&code=h2b_jidaebang&uid=21.00&pnt=2&g=&lm=|access-date=2021-02-22|website=www.unikorea.or.kr}} linking residential areas to Kowon mine.{{Cite web|title=북한지역정보넷|url=http://www.cybernk.net/infoText/InfoHumanCultureDetail.aspx?mc=CC0303&sc=A32020002&tid=CC020300008182&direct=1&direct=1|access-date=2021-02-22|website=www.cybernk.net}} The line opened in 1979, with a number of second hand Chollima 9.11 trolleybuses used to serve the line initially.{{Cite web|title=Обзор транспорта Северной Кореи|url=http://www.gruzovikpress.ru/article/9496-obzor-transporta-severnoy-korei-passajirskie-kolesa-phenyana/|access-date=2021-04-20|website=www.gruzovikpress.ru}} The line appears to no longer have any trolleybuses.

Kowon Tangwang Line runs to this district from Tunjon station, serving the colliery.{{Cite book|last=Kokubu|first=Hayato|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/140100407|title=Shōgun sama no tetsudō : Kitachōsen tetsudō jijō|last2=国分隼人|date=2007|publisher=Shinchōsha|isbn=978-4-10-303731-6|location=Tōkyō|oclc=140100407}}

See also

Notes

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Category:Counties of South Hamgyong

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