Kumgangsan Tourist Region

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Kŭmgangsan Tourist Region

Chosŏn'gŭl	금강산 관광 지구
Hancha	金剛山觀光地區
McCune-Reischauer	Kŭmgangsan Kwan'gwang Chigu
Revised Romanization	Geumgangsan Gwan-gwang Jigu

Short name

Chosŏn'gŭl	금강산
Hancha	金剛山
McCune-Reischauer	Kŭmgangsan
Revised Romanization	Geumgangsan

Statistics

Area	50 km² (19 sq mi)
Government	Tourist Region*
Region	Yeongdong
Dialect	Kangwŏn

Location map

Map of North Korea highlighting the region.

Notes

*Split from Kangwŏn in 2002.

Kŭmgangsan Tourist Region is a special administrative region of North Korea. It was established in 2002 to handle South Korean tourist traffic to Kŭmgangsan (Diamond Mountain).

Since 1998, South Korean and foreign tourists have been allowed to visit Kŭmgangsan, travelling at first by cruise ship, but more recently by bus on a newly built road through the Korean Demilitarized Zone. In 2002, the area around the mountain was separated from Kangwon-do and organized as a separately administered Tourist Region.

[edit] External links

Mt. KumGang, organizes tours from South Korea to Kumgangsan (Korean only).
Hyundai Asan, the company behind the tours.

[edit] See also

List of Korea-related topics

v • d • e Regions and administrative divisions of North Korea

Regions	Kwanbuk (Kwannam) · Kwansŏ · Kwandong (Ryŏngdong • Ryŏngsŏ) · Haesŏ

Provinces	Chagang · Hamgbuk · Hamgnam · Hwangbuk · Hwangnam · Kangwŏn · P'yŏngbuk · P'yŏngnam · Ryanggang

Special administrative regions	Kaesŏng · Kŭmgangsan · Sinŭiju

Directly-governed cities	P'yŏngyang · Rasŏn