Tosan County

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T'osan County
토산군
County
Korean transcription(s)
  Hanja 兎山郡
  McCune-Reischauer T‘osan-gun
  Revised Romanization Tosan-gun
DPRK2006 Hwangbuk-Tosan.PNG
Map of North Hwanghae showing the location of Tosan
Country North Korea
Province North Hwanghae Province

T'osan County is a county in North Hwanghae province, North Korea.

North Korea Sovereign state in East Asia

North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, is a country in East Asia constituting the northern part of the Korean Peninsula, with Pyongyang the capital and the largest city in the country. The name Korea is derived from Goguryeo which was one of the great powers in East Asia during its time, ruling most of the Korean Peninsula, Manchuria, parts of the Russian Far East and Inner Mongolia, under Gwanggaeto the Great. To the north and northwest, the country is bordered by China and by Russia along the Amnok and Tumen rivers; it is bordered to the south by South Korea, with the heavily fortified Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two. Nevertheless, North Korea, like its southern counterpart, claims to be the legitimate government of the entire peninsula and adjacent islands.

Administrative divisions

T'osan county is divided into 1 ŭp (town) and 17 ri (villages):

Administrative divisions of North Korea

The administrative divisions of North Korea are organized into three hierarchical levels. These divisions were discovered in 2002. Many of the units have equivalents in the system of South Korea. At the highest level are nine provinces, two directly governed cities, and three special administrative divisions. The second-level divisions are cities, counties, wards, and districts. These are further subdivided into third-level entities: towns, neighborhoods, villages, and workers' districts.

  • T'osan-ŭp
  • Anbong-ri
  • Hanam-ri
  • Hapt'al-li
  • Hwanggang-ri
  • Maebong-ri
  • Midang-ri
  • Munsŏng-ri
  • Paekhwa-ri
  • Pongbul-li
  • Pukp'o-ri
  • Ryongam-ri
  • Ryongsŏng-ri
  • Sŏkpong-ri
  • Songse-ri
  • Songch'ŏl-li
  • Suhap-ri
  • Yangsa-ri


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