Kwail County is a
''kun'', or county, in
South Hwanghae
South Hwanghae Province (Hwanghaenamdo; , lit. "south Yellow Sea province") is a province in western North Korea. The province was formed in 1954 when the former Hwanghae Province was split into North and South Hwanghae. The provincial capital i ...
province,
North Korea
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. It faces the
Yellow Sea
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to the west.
The economy of the county is based on the production of fruit. Kwail County was created in 1967 from part of
Songhwa
Songhwa County is a county in South Hwanghae province, North Korea.
Administrative divisions
Songhwa county is divided into 1 '' ŭp'' (town) and 10 '' ri'' (villages):
History
The area was called Kuŭlhyŏn (仇乙縣) or Kulch'ŏn (屈遷) i ...
County, with the intention of making the entire cultivated area of the county into "100
li of blooming orchards".
The name ''Kwail'' is a Korean word meaning "fruit," and doesn't correspond to any
Chinese characters
Chinese characters () are logograms developed for the writing of Chinese. In addition, they have been adapted to write other East Asian languages, and remain a key component of the Japanese writing system where they are known as ''kanji' ...
. This makes Kwail County one of the few counties in Korea whose name cannot be written in
hanja
Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom.
(, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, wh ...
; for another such county, see
Saebyŏl. Marshal
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 secon ...
visited Kwail county in September 2017.
Geography
44% of the land is forest land.
Administrative divisions
Kwail county is divided into 1 ''
ŭp'' (town) and 24 ''
ri'' (villages):
Transportation
Kwail county is served by the
Ŭllyul Line 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 ...
.
See also
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Geography of North Korea
North Korea is located in East Asia in the Northern half of Korea, partially on the Korean Peninsula. It borders three countries: China along the Yalu (Amnok) River, Russia along the Tumen River, and South Korea to the south.
Topography and dra ...
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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 ...
*
South Hwanghae
South Hwanghae Province (Hwanghaenamdo; , lit. "south Yellow Sea province") is a province in western North Korea. The province was formed in 1954 when the former Hwanghae Province was split into North and South Hwanghae. The provincial capital i ...
References
Counties of South Hwanghae
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