Kangdong County, is one of
Pyongyang's two suburban counties. In 1983 it was separated from
South P'yongan Province and assumed direct governance by the Pyongyang City People's Committee. It is bordered by Sŏngch'ŏn-gun (Songchon County),
South P'yongan in the north and east,
Sŭngho-guyŏk (Sungho District) from the south and the
Taedong River from the west.
Kangdong-gun is best known as the location of the supposed
Tomb of King Tangun
The Mausoleum of Tangun is an ancient burial site in Kangdong near Pyongyang, North Korea. It is claimed by North Korea to be the tomb of Tangun, legendary founder of Gojoseon, the first Korean kingdom.
A pyramid was built on top of the grave in ...
, the Revolutionary Site at Ponghwa-ri.
Kim Jong-un
Kim Jong-un (; , ; born 8 January 1982) is a North Korean politician who has been Supreme Leader of North Korea since 2011 and the leader of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) since 2012. He is a son of Kim Jong-il, who was North Korea's sec ...
's
Kangdong Residence is located near the banks of
Taedong River. The northeastern part of the county hosts the offices and facilities of the Second Economic Committee, which is the DPRK's weapons industry.
Kyo-hwa-so No. 4 is a large
reeducation camp
Re-education camp may refer to:
* Re-education camps in the Cambodian Genocide
* Re-education through labor (''laojiao''), a system of administrative detentions in the People's Republic of China
* Xinjiang re-education camps, internment camps for ...
in the south eastern part of Kangdong-gun.
Administrative divisions
Kangdong 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), 6 ' (workers' districts) and 16 ''
ri'' (villages):
References
Districts of Pyongyang
Counties of North Korea
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