Pukchang County

Pukchang County
북창군
County
Korean transcription(s)
 • Chosŏn'gŭl 북창군
 • Hancha 北倉郡
 • McCune-Reischauer Pukch'ang-kun
 • Revised Romanization Bukchang-gun
Country North Korea
State South Pyongan
Administrative centre Pyongsong
Population (2008[1])
 • Total 139,498

Pukchang County (Pukch'ang kun) is a county of the province of South Pyongan in North Korea.

In this county is the country's largest power station- Pukchang coal power station - with a production capacity of up to 1600 MW.

Administrative districts

The district is split into one ŭp (village), nine rodongjagu (worker districts) and 20 ri (towns).

Prison Camp

Political Prison Camp No. 18 is a large prison labor colony in the western part of the county at the banks of Taedong River. Many of the 50000 prisoners are forced to work in coal mines.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Korean Central Bureau of Statistics: 2008 Population Census (Population 2008, published in 2009)
  2. ↑ Committee for Human Rights in North Korea: The Hidden Gulag (Section: Testimony Kwan-li-so No. 18 Bukchang, p. 69 - 76)

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