Hanggu-guyŏk is a ''kuyŏk'' in Namp'o Special City,

South P'yŏngan 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 ...

province,

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. Choe Thae-bok, the chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly, was born in Hanggu-guyŏk.

Administrative divisions

Hanggu-guyŏk is divided into 18 neighbourhoods (''

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'') and 10 villages ('' ri'').

Transportation

Hanggu district is served by the P'yŏngnam Line of the

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References

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