Kopung County

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Kop'ung County
고풍군
Korean transcription(s)
  Hanja古豊郡
  McCune-ReischauerKop'ung kun
  Revised RomanizationGopung-gun
DPRK2006 Chagang-Kopung.PNG
Map of Chagang showing the location of Kopung
Country North Korea
Province Chagang Province
Administrative divisions 1 ŭp, 12 ri
Area
  Total
670 km2 (260 sq mi)
Population
 (2008 [1] )
  Total
31,572
  Density47/km2 (120/sq mi)

Kop'ung County is a kun, or county, in Chagang province, North Korea. Prior to the division of Korea, it was part of Chosan county.

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Geography

Most of Kop'ung is mountainous, but lower in the west. The Kangnam and Chogyuryong (적유령산맥) ranges pass through the county. The chief streams are the Chungman River and the Komyonchon, Wolmyongchon, and Pungmyonchon streams. The highest peak is Koamsan. Some 89.4% of the county's area is forestland. There are karstic regions in the county. The Songwon Reservoir is located there.

Administrative divisions

Kop'ung County is divided into 1 ŭp (town) and 12 ri (villages):

  • Kop'ung-ŭp
  • Mundŏng-ri
  • Pangsŏng-ri
  • Ryongdae-ri
  • Ryongdang-ri
  • Ryonggong-ri
  • Ryongp'ung-ri
  • Ryongsŏng-ri
  • Samp'yŏng-ri
  • Sinch'ang-ri
  • Sŏksang-ri
  • Tongdo-ri
  • Wŏlmyŏng-ri

Economy

The chief local industry is agriculture, centered on dry-field farming. Crops include maize, soybeans, wheat, barley, radishes, cabbage, gochu peppers, and cucumbers. Orcharding, sericulture, and livestock raising are also carried out. In addition, some rice is cultivated along the valleys of the Chungman and the other streams.

There are deposits of iron, gold, copper, lead, zinc, tungsten, graphite, coal, and limestone, among other minerals. There is relatively little manufacturing.

Kopung is served by roads. The Chungman River is used to ship raw lumber downstream.

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