Sindo County is a ''kun'' (county) in the

North P'yŏngan North Pyongan Province (Phyŏnganbukto; , also spelled North P'yŏngan), is a western province of North Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the northern half of the former P'yŏng'an Province, remained a province of Korea until 1945, th ...

province of

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. Most of the county consists of Pidansŏm, an island in the estuary of the

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. Sindo was established as a separate county in 1991; previously, it had been part of Ryongch'ŏn, although it had enjoyed a brief existence as a separate county in 1967.

Geography

Lying in the northwest corner of North Korea, Sindo borders the

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to the north and west, and faces the

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to the south; to the east, it looks across a narrow expanse of sea at Ryongch'ŏn. Much of the county's land has been

reclaimed Land reclamation, usually known as reclamation, and also known as land fill (not to be confused with a waste landfill), is the process of creating new Terrestrial ecoregion, land from oceans, list of seas, seas, Stream bed, riverbeds or lak ...

through draining and filling. There are various islands offshore, and together with the Sindo archipelago make up the ''kun.'' The island of Pidansŏm is the westernmost point in Korea; it was formed by a 1958 reclamation project from several smaller islands. Other islands include Hwanggumpyong, Ssarisŏm, Kanŭnsŏm, Munbakto, and Wihwa. There are various

alluvial plain An alluvial plain is a largely flat landform created by the deposition of sediment over a long period of time by one or more rivers coming from highland regions, from which alluvial soil forms. A floodplain is part of the process, being the sma ...

s and extensive reed fields.

Administrative divisions

Sindo county is divided into 1 '' ŭp'' (town), 2 '' rodongjagu'' (workers' districts) and 1 '' ri'' (village):

Economy

Reeds are the chief local crop, but fisheries and farming also play an important role in the local economy. The reeds produced in the county are shipped to the chemical-textile factory in Sinŭiju.

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s are gathered in abundance, and there are numerous fish resources as well. Sindo County is home to the island of Hwangkumpyong. In 2011, China and North Korea agreed to develop Hwangkumpyong as a

special economic zone A special economic zone (SEZ) is an area in which the business and trade laws are different from the rest of the country. SEZs are located within a country's national borders, and their aims include increasing trade balance, employment, increas ...

, though the project stalled following the execution of

Jang Song-thaek Jang Song-thaek (January or February 1946 – 12 December 2013) was a leading figure in the government of North Korea. He was married to Kim Kyong-hui, the only daughter of North Korean Premier Kim Il-sung and his first wife Kim Jong-suk, and o ...

in 2013.

Transportation

There are no railroads in Sindo, and roads are minimal. However, there is a bus connecting central Sindo to Pidan Harbour, and boats provide transportation to Sinŭiju and nearby Ryongamp'o workers' districts.

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