Pukchang County
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| Pukch'ang County 북창군 |
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| Korean transcription(s) | |
| • Chosŏn'gŭl | 북창군 |
| • Hancha | 北倉郡 |
| • McCune-Reischauer | Pukch'ang-gun |
| • Revised Romanization | Bukchang-gun |
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| Country | North Korea |
| Province | South P'yŏngan |
| Administrative divisions | 1 ŭp, 4 workers' districts, 21 ri |
| Population (2008[1]) | |
| • Total | 139,498 |
Pukch'ang County is a kun (county) in South P'yŏngan province, North Korea.
In this county is the country's largest power station- Pukchang coal power station - with a production capacity of up to 1600 MW.
Administrative Divisions
The district is split into 1 ŭp (town), 4 rodongjagu (worker districts) and 21 ri (villages):
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Prison Camp
Political Prison Camp No. 18 is a large prison labour colony in the western part of the county at the banks of Taedong River. Many of the 50000 prisoners are forced to work in coal mines.[2]
References
- ↑ Korean Central Bureau of Statistics: 2008 Population Census (Population 2008, published in 2009)
- ↑ Committee for Human Rights in North Korea: The Hidden Gulag (Section: Testimony Kwan-li-so No. 18 Bukchang, p. 69 - 76)
External links
- (English) Map of Pyongan provinces
- (Korean) Detailed map
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