Taedong County

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| name = Taedong County

| native_name = {{nobold|대동군}}

| native_name_lang = ko

| settlement_type = County

|translit_lang1_type = Chosŏn'gŭl

|translit_lang1_info = 대동군

| translit_lang1 = Korean

| translit_lang1_type1 = Hancha

| translit_lang1_info1 = {{linktext|大|同|郡}}

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

| translit_lang1_info2 = Taedong-gun

| translit_lang1_type3 = {{nowrap|Revised Romanization}}

| translit_lang1_info3 = Daedong-gun

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| image_map = DPRK2006 Pyongnam-Daedong.PNG

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| map_caption = Map of South Pyongan showing the location of Taedong

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = North Korea

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = South P'yŏngan

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| area_total_km2 = 300

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| population_total = 129761

| population_as_of = 2008[http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sources/census/2010_PHC/North_Korea/Final%20national%20census%20report.pdf Korean Central Bureau of Statistics: 2008 Population Census] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331091148/http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sources/census/2010_PHC/North_Korea/Final%20national%20census%20report.pdf |date=2010-03-31 }} (Population 2008, published in 2009)

| population_density_km2 = auto

| parts_type = Administrative divisions

| parts = 1 ŭp, 1 workers' district, 21 ri

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Taedong County is a kun (county) in South P'yŏngan province, North Korea.

Administrative divisions

Taedong County is divided into 1 ŭp (town), 1 rodongjagu (workers' districts) and 21 ri (villages):

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Taedong-ŭp (대동읍)
Sijŏng-rodongjagu (시정로동자구)
Changsal-li (장산리)
Chungsŏng-ri (중석화리)
Haksu-ri (학수리)
Kajang-ri (가장리)
Kosal-li (고산리)
Kŭmjŏng-ri (금정리)
Masal-li (마산리)
Ogŭm-ri (오금리)
Pansŏng-ri (반석리)
P'alch'ŏl-li (팔청리)

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P'an'gyo-ri (판교리)
Sangsŏ-ri (상서리)
Sŏje-ri (서제리)
Sŏngch'il-li (성칠리)
Sŏngsam-ri (성삼리)
Sunhwa-ri (순화리)
Tŏkch'ol-li (덕촌리)
Tŏkhwa-ri (덕화리)
Wau-ri (와우리)
Wŏnch'ŏl-li (원천리)
Yŏnggong-ri (연곡리)

Notable people

Hwang Sun-wŏn (1915–2000), was a Korean short story writer, novelist, and poet"황순원" biographical PDF available at LTI Korea Library or online at: {{cite web|url=http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do# |title=Author Database - Korea Literature Translation Institute |accessdate=September 3, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055413/http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do |archivedate=September 21, 2013}}
Kim Nae-sung (1909–1957), Korean writer

References

External links

{{in lang|en}} [http://www1.korea-np.co.jp/pk/087th_issue/99032502.htm Map of Pyongan provinces] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311044625/http://www1.korea-np.co.jp/pk/087th_issue/99032502.htm |date=2012-03-11 }}
{{in lang|ko}} [http://nk.joins.com/map/i054.htm Detailed map]

Category:Counties of South Pyongan