Chunggang County

Chunggang County
중강군
County
Korean transcription(s)
 • Hanja 中江郡
 • McCune-Reischauer Chunggang kun
 • Revised Romanization Junggang-gun
Country North Korea
Province Chagang Province
Administrative divisions 1 ŭp, 1 workers' district, 8 ri
Area
 • Total 620 km2 (240 sq mi)
Population (1991 est.)
 • Total 33,000

Chunggang County is a kun, or county, in northern Chagang province, North Korea. It was originally part of Huchang county in Ryanggang, and for that reason older sources still identify it as being part of Huchang. The county seat was originally known as Chunggangjin (중강진), but is now known as Chunggang ŭp. Chunggang looks across the Yalu River at China, and borders Ryanggang province to the south.

It has been reported that an Intermediate-range ballistic missile base was constructed in Chunggang in the early 1990s, and that its missiles are targeted at Okinawa.[1]

Administrative divisions

Chunggang County is divided into 1 ŭp (town), 1 rodongjagu (workers' district) and 8 ri (villages):

  • Chunggang-ŭp
  • Hoha-rodongjagu
  • Changhŭng-ri
  • Changsŏng-ri
  • Chungdŏng-ri
  • Chungsang-ri
  • Kŏnha-ri
  • Osu-ri
  • Sangjang-ri
  • T'osŏng-ri

Climate

The climate of Chunggang is continental. On January 12, 1933, a temperature of -43 °C was recorded at Chunggangjin.[2] The average January temperature is -16.0 °C, with temperatures rising to a July average of 22.5 °C.

Climate data for Chunggang, North Korea
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 6.0
(42.8)		 12.0
(53.6)		 21.0
(69.8)		 31.0
(87.8)		 34.0
(93.2)		 36.1
(97)		 37.6
(99.7)		 36.2
(97.2)		 31.0
(87.8)		 28.1
(82.6)		 19.0
(66.2)		 10.2
(50.4)		 37.6
(99.7)
Average high °C (°F) −12.3
(9.9)		 −6.2
(20.8)		 2.8
(37)		 13.9
(57)		 20.9
(69.6)		 25.9
(78.6)		 29.0
(84.2)		 28.3
(82.9)		 22.1
(71.8)		 15.0
(59)		 3.5
(38.3)		 −8.6
(16.5)		 11.2
(52.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) −19.5
(−3.1)		 −14.5
(5.9)		 −3.4
(25.9)		 7.0
(44.6)		 14.0
(57.2)		 18.8
(65.8)		 22.6
(72.7)		 21.7
(71.1)		 14.3
(57.7)		 6.5
(43.7)		 −3.3
(26.1)		 −15.0
(5)		 4.1
(39.4)
Average low °C (°F) −28.8
(−19.8)		 −24.3
(−11.7)		 −10.8
(12.6)		 −0.3
(31.5)		 6.7
(44.1)		 12.7
(54.9)		 17.7
(63.9)		 17.0
(62.6)		 8.5
(47.3)		 0.1
(32.2)		 −8.8
(16.2)		 −22.3
(−8.1)		 −2.7
(27.1)
Record low °C (°F) −37.2
(−35)		 −36.1
(−33)		 −32.2
(−26)		 −12.8
(9)		 −5.2
(22.6)		 4.7
(40.5)		 9.0
(48.2)		 6.2
(43.2)		 −2.5
(27.5)		 −13.2
(8.2)		 −30.0
(−22)		 −36.1
(−33)		 −37.2
(−35)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 10.4
(0.409)		 10.5
(0.413)		 23.1
(0.909)		 43.3
(1.705)		 77.6
(3.055)		 114.5
(4.508)		 193.5
(7.618)		 184.7
(7.272)		 77.1
(3.035)		 41.7
(1.642)		 29.5
(1.161)		 18.4
(0.724)		 824.3
(32.453)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 3 2 5 7 11 12 14 12 9 7 6 5 93
Average relative humidity (%) 80 76 67 60 64 73 80 81 80 72 73 78 74
Mean monthly sunshine hours 151 158 188 184 192 168 155 149 148 169 130 128 1,920
Source #1: Deutscher Wetterdienst (sun, 1961–1990)[3][4][lower-alpha 1]
Source #2: Meteo Climat (extremes, 1915–present)[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ Station ID for Chunggang is 47014 Use this station ID to locate the sunshine duration

References

  1. ↑ "Chunggang-up". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 2006-11-11.
  2. ↑ Bukhan Yeonguso (1983), p. 49.
  3. ↑ "Klimatafel von Chunggang / Korea (Nordkorea)" (PDF). Baseline climate means (1961-1990) from stations all over the world (in German). Deutscher Wetterdienst. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "Station 47014 Chunggang". Global station data 1961–1990—Sunshine Duration. Deutscher Wetterdienst. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "Station Chunggang" (in French). Meteo Climat. Retrieved 6 November 2016.

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