Kwail

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Kwail
Chosŏn'gŭl:	과일군
Hanja:	과일郡
McCune-Reischauer:	Kwail kun
Revised Romanization:	Gwail-gun
Statistics
Area:	374 km²
Population:	65,200 (1988 est.)
Administrative divisions:	1 ŭp, 22 ri

Kwail is a kun, or county, in South Hwanghae province, North Korea. It faces the Yellow Sea to the west.

The economy of the county is based on the production of fruit. Kwail County was created in 1967 from part of Songhwa County, with the intention of making the entire cultivated area of the county into "100 li of blooming orchards". The name Kwail is a Korean word meaning "fruit," and doesn't correspond to any Chinese characters. This makes Kwail County one of the few counties in Korea whose name cannot be written in hanja; for another such county, see Saebyŏl.

[edit] See also

• Geography of North Korea
• Administrative divisions of North Korea
• South Hwanghae

[edit] External links

• (Korean) In Korean language online encyclopedias:
  • Dusan World Encyclopedia (Naver)
  • Korean language Britannica (Empas)  (Map)
  • Encyclopedia of Korean National Culture (Empas)
  • Pascal World Encyclopedia (Nate)

Administrative divisions of South Hwanghae province, North Korea
Haeju | Anak | Chaeryŏng | Changyŏn | Ch'ŏngdan | Kangryŏng | Kwail | Ongjin
Paekch'ŏn | Pongch'ŏn | Pyŏksŏng | Ryong'yŏn | Samch'ŏn | Sinch'ŏn | Sinwŏn | Songhwa
T'aet'an | Ŭnryul | Ŭnch'ŏn | Yŏnan