Sangwon County
Sangwŏn County
상원군 | |
|---|---|
| Korean transcription(s) | |
| • Hanja | 祥原郡 |
| • McCune-Reischauer | Sangwŏn-gun |
| • Revised Romanization | Sangwon-gun |
| Country | North Korea |
| Province | North Hwanghae Province |
| Administrative divisions | 1 up, 1 rodongjagu, 20 ri |
Sangwŏn County is a county of North Hwanghae, formerly one of the four suburban counties located in east P'yŏngyang, North Korea. Prior to 1952, Sangwŏn was merely a township of Chunghwa County. In 1952 it was separated as a separate county, and in 1963 it was added as a county of Pyongyang. It is north of North Hwanghae's Hwangju, Yŏntan, and Suan counties, south of the Nam River and Kangdong county west of Yŏnsan county, and east of .[citation needed] In 2010, it was administratively reassigned from P'yŏngyang to North Hwanghae; foreign media attributed the change as an attempt to relieve shortages in P'yŏngyang's food distribution system.[1]
Transportation[]
Sangwon county has a single overhead bidirectional trolleybus system with a length of just over 4 kilometers running from Myongdang-rodongjagu to Sangwon Cement Complex, ending a few kilometers to the east in another residential zone. The depot is located on the eastern terminus and features a covered building. Apart from a period in 2017, the line appears to be in constant operation.[2]
Administrative divisions[]
The county is divided into one town (ŭp), one worker's district (rodongjagu) and 20 'ri' (villages).[3]
References[]
- ^ "Pyongyang now more than one-third smaller; food shortage issues suspected", Asahi Shimbun, 2010-07-17, retrieved 2010-07-19
- ^ "Sangwŏn". transphoto.org. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
- ^ "통일무지개 뉴스".
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