Kwail

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Kwail
Chosŏn'gŭl 과일군 Hancha 과일郡 McCune-Reischauer Kwail kun Revised Romanization Gwail-gun
Statistics
Area 374 km² (144 sq mi) Population (1988) 65,200 (est.) Population density 174 /km² (450 /sq mi) 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:

• • Doosan Encyclopedia (Naver)
  • Korean language Britannica (Empas)  (Map)
  • Encyclopedia of Korean 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