Songgan County is a ''kun'', or county, in central

Chagang Chagang Province (Chagangdo; ) is a province in North Korea; it is bordered by China's Jilin and Liaoning provinces to the north, Ryanggang and South Hamgyong to the east, South Pyongan to the south, and North Pyongan to the west. Chagang was f ...

province,

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. It borders Rangrim to the east,

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to the west,

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to the north and

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and Ryongrim to the south. It was formed in 1952 from parts of Chonchon and

Changgang Changgang County is a ''kun'', or county, in north-central Chagang province, North Korea. Originally part of Kanggye, it was made a separate county in 1949. It borders Hwapyong and Rangrim to the east, Kanggye and Sijung to the west, Songga ...

, as part of a general reorganization of local government. Songgan nestles among the

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in north central North Korea, its terrain sloping downward toward the

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in the west. The highest point is Maengbusan in the Rangrim range, which stands 2,214 m above sea level. 92% of the county's area is taken up by forestland. The

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railroad follows the river through western Songgan. The county is also connected to Kanggye and

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by road. The chief local industries are logging and agriculture. Grains including maize, wheat, and millet are raised in Songgan, as are cattle and silkworms.

Administrative divisions

Songgan-gun is divided into 1 '' ŭp'' (town), 5 ' (workers' districts) and 9 '' ri'' (villages): * Sŏnggan-ŭp 성간읍 (城干邑) * Ch'angp'yŏng-rodongjagu 창평로동자구 (倉坪勞動者區) * Oejung-rodongjagu 외중로동자구 (外中勞動者區) * Sŏngha-rodongjagu 성하로동자구 (城下勞動者區) * Sŏngryong-rodongjagu 성룡로동자구 (城龍勞動者區) * Tongsal-lodongjagu 동산로동자구 (東山勞動者區) * Kwangmyŏng-ri 광명리 (光明里) * Much'ae-ri 무채리 (茂菜里) * Musŏl-li 무선리 (舞仙里) * Oesŏ-ri 외서리 (外西里) * Paegam-ri 백암리 (白岩里) * Paekcha-ri 백자리 (栢子里) * Puji-ri 부지리 (富只里) * Pung-ri 북리 (北里) * Sinch'ŏng-ri 신청리 (新淸里)

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* Counties of Chagang {{NorthKorea-geo-stub

Administrative divisions

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