Sungho County

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Sŭngho 승호
County
승호군 · Sŭngho County
Korean transcription(s)
• Chosŏn'gŭl	승호군
• Hanja	勝湖郡
• McCune–Reischauer	Sŭngho-gun
• Revised Romanization	Seungho-gun
Country	North Korea
Region	North Hwanghae Province
Administrative divisions	8 tong, 6 ri
Population (2008)^[1]
• Total	85,624

Sŭngho or Sŭngho-gun is a county of North Hwanghae Province, North Korea. It was formerly one of the 19 guyŏk that constitute Pyongyang, but 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.^[2]

References

↑ DPR Korean Central Bureau of Statistics: 2008 Population Census (Population 2008, published in 2009)
↑ "Pyongyang now more than one-third smaller; food shortage issues suspected", Asahi Shinbun, 2010-07-17, retrieved 2010-07-19

v t e North Hwanghae Province

Capital	Sariwŏn

Cities	Kaesŏng (Kaesŏng Industrial Region) Sariwŏn Songnim

Counties	Changp'ung Chunghwa Hwangju Kaep'ung Koksan Kŭmch'ŏn Pongsan P'yŏngsan Rinsan Sangwŏn Sin'gye Sinp'yŏng Sŏhŭng Suan Sŭngho T'osan Ŭnp'a Yŏnsan Yŏnt'an

Coordinates: 39°01′48″N 126°00′00″E / 39.03000°N 126.00000°E / 39.03000; 126.00000

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