Kapsan County
Kapsan County
갑산군 | ||
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McCune-Reischauer Kapsan-gun | | |
• Revised Romanization | Gapsan-gun | |
Coordinates: 41°7′22″N 128°23′11″E / 41.12278°N 128.38639°E | ||
Country | North Korea | |
Province | Ryanggang | |
Administrative divisions | 1 ŭp, 4 workers' districts, 20 ri | |
Area | ||
• Total | 1,200 km2 (500 sq mi) | |
Population (2008) | ||
• Total | 70,611 | |
• Density | 59/km2 (150/sq mi) |
Kapsan County is a kun, or county, in Ryanggang Province, North Korea. During Joseon, officials who had fallen into disfavour were often sent into internal exile there.
Geography
Kapsan lies on the eastern edge of the Kaema Plateau. The highest peak is Tongjomryongsan (동점령산, 2113 m). Although the majority of the county's area is mountainous, the terrain slopes downward toward the center and the Kapsan Basin. The county's chief stream is the Hochon River (허천강). Cultivation is largely restricted to the basin and river valley. Some 85% of the county's area is forestland. Due to its location on the Kaema Plateau, Kapsan has a severely cold continental climate.
Administrative divisions
Kapsan county is divided into 1 ŭp (town). 4 rodongjagu (workers' districts) and 20 ri (villages):
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Economy
The chief local industry is agriculture; major crops include rice (raised along the Hochon), as well as potatoes, hops, and honey. The 5.1 Workers' District (오일로동자구) specializes in hops production; these "5.1 Hops" are exported to other countries. Lumbering also plays a role, thanks to the extensive forests. There are various mineral deposits in the county, including lodes of copper, coal and
Transportation
There is a cable car railway in the county with a length of 70-ri (27.4 km);[1][2] it is by this method that coal is brought from Kapsan mine to the train station in Kumdok to be loaded to be smelted.[2]
Kapsan County has a 10-ri (3.9 km) long trolleybus line at a mining village, however it is not specified which particular area it is in.[2]
History
During the
See also
- Geography of North Korea
- Administrative divisions of North Korea
- Kapsan Faction Incident
References
- ^ "CHAPTER XXXVIII: The X Corps Advances to the Yalu". www.army.mil.
- ^ a b c "북한지역정보넷". www.cybernk.net. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
- ISBN 0945274521.
- ISBN 0-312-09911-8, p. 176.