Sangwŏn County is a county of
North Hwanghae, formerly one of the four suburban counties located in east
P'yŏngyang
Pyongyang (, , ) is the capital and largest city of North Korea, where it is known as the "Capital of the Revolution". Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River about upstream from its mouth on the Yellow Sea. According to the 2008 population ...
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North Korea. Prior to 1952, Sangwŏn was merely a township of
Chunghwa County. In 1952 it was separated as a separate county, and in 1963 it was added as a county of Pyongyang. It is north of North Hwanghae's
Hwangju
Hwangju County is a county in North Hwanghae province, North Korea.
Geography
Hwangju is bordered to the northwest by Sariwŏn, to the northeast by Songrim and Kangnam, to the southwest by Yŏnt'an, to the south by Pongsan, and to the southeast ...
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Yŏntan, and Suan counties, south of the Nam River and Kangdong county west of
Yŏnsan county, and east of
Chunghwa county. In 2010, it was administratively reassigned from P'yŏngyang to North Hwanghae; foreign media attributed the change as an attempt to relieve shortages in P'yŏngyang's food distribution system.
Transportation
Sangwon county has a single overhead bidirectional trolleybus system with a length of just over 4 kilometers running from Myongdang-rodongjagu to Sangwon Cement Complex, ending a few kilometers to the east in another residential zone. The depot is located on the eastern terminus and features a covered building. Apart from a period in 2017, the line appears to be in constant operation.
Administrative divisions
The county is divided into one town (ŭp), one worker's district (rodongjagu) and 20 'ri' (villages).
References
Counties of North Hwanghae
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