Chŭngsan County is a '' kun'' (county) in

South Pyongan Province South Pyongan Province (Phyŏngannamdo; ) is a province of North Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the southern half of the former Pyongan Province, remained a province of Korea until 1945, then became a province of North Korea. Its ca ...

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...

. Re-education Camp No. 11, a large prison mostly for repatriated refugees, is located in the northwestern part of Chŭngsan County.

Administrative divisions

Chŭngsan county is divided into 1 '' ŭp'' (town) and 17 '' ri'' (villages):

Transportation

Chŭngsan county is served by the Namdong Branch of the

Korean State Railway The Korean State Railway (), commonly called the State Rail () is the operating arm of the Ministry of Railways of North Korea and has its headquarters at P'yŏngyang. The current Minister of Railways is Chang Jun Song. History 1945–195 ...

's P'yŏngnam Line.

References

External links

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Map of Pyongan provinces
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Counties of South Pyongan {{NorthKorea-geo-stub