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.
The Chunggang Revolutionary Site is associated with
Kim Hyŏng-jik.
It has been reported that an
Intermediate-range ballistic missile
An intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) is a ballistic missile with a range of 3,000–5,500 km (1,864–3,418 miles), between a medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) and an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). Classifying ba ...
base was constructed in Chunggang in the early 1990s, and that its missiles are targeted at
Okinawa.
Administrative divisions
Chunggang County is divided into 1 ''
ŭp
An ''eup'' or ''ŭp'' () is an administrative unit in both North Korea and South Korea similar to the unit of town.
In South Korea
Along with "Myeon (administrative division), myeon", an "eup" is one of the divisions of a county ("County#Kore ...
'' (town), 1 ''
rodongjagu'' (workers' district) and 8 ''
ri'' (villages):
Climate
Chunggang has a monsoon influenced
humid continental climate (
Köppen Climate Classification ''Dwa'') with hot summers and severely cold winters. The climate features very large differences between summer and winter temperatures. On January 12, 1933, a temperature of -43 °C was recorded at Chunggangjin.
[Bukhan Yeonguso (1983), p. 49.] The average January temperature is -16.0 °C, with temperatures rising to a July average of 22.5 °C.
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References
See also
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Geography of North Korea
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Administrative divisions of North Korea
The administrative divisions of North Korea are organized into three hierarchical levels. These divisions were created in 2002. Many of the units have equivalents in the system of South Korea. At the highest level are nine provinces and fou ...
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Chagang
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Linjiang Yalu River Bridge
References
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Climatological data
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Counties of Chagang