Sangwon

Sangwon
—  County  —
Korean transcription(s)
 • Hangul 상원군
 • Hanja 祥原郡
 • McCune-Reischauer Sangwŏn-gun
 • Revised Romanization Sangwŏn-gun
Country  North Korea
Region Pyongan
Administrative divisions 1 up, 1 rodongjagu, 20 ri

Sangwon-gun is a county of North Hwanghae, formerly one of the four suburban counties located in east Pyongyang, North Korea. Prior to 1952, Sangwon 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, Yontan-gun, and Suan-gun, south of the Nam River and Kangdong-gun west of Yonsan-gun, and east of Chunghwa-gun. In 2010, it was administratively reassigned from Pyongyang to North Hwanghae; foreign media attributed the change as an attempt to relieve shortages in Pyongyang's food distribution system.[1]

Divisions

The county is divided into one town (up), one worker's district (rodongjagu) and 20 'ri' (villages).[2]

  • Sangwon-up
    상원읍/祥原邑
  • Myongdang Worker's District
    명당노동자구/明堂勞動者區
  • Chang-ri
    장리/場里
  • Changhang-ri
    장항리/ 獐項里
  • Chonsan-ri
    전산리/錢山里
  • Chung-ri
    중리/中里
  • Huku-ri
    흑우리/黑隅里
  • Kumsong-ri
    금성리/金城里
  • Kwiil-ri
    귀일리/貴逸里
  • Pondong-ri
    번동리/繁洞里
  • Rodong-ri
    로동리/蘆洞里
  • Rungsong-ri
    릉성리/綾盛里
  • Ryongchon-ri
    령천리/靈川里
  • Ryonggok-ri
    룡곡리/龍谷里
  • Sagi-ri
    사기리/沙器里
  • Siksong-ri
    식송리/植松里
  • Sinwon-ri
    신원리/新院里
  • Susan-ri
    수산리/水山里
  • Taechon-ri
    대천리/大泉里
  • Taedong River-ri
    대동리/大同里
  • Taehung-ri
    대흥리/大興里
  • Ungu-ri
    은구리/銀口里

References