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Sŭngho or Sŭngho-gun is a county of
North Hwanghae Province North Hwanghae Province (Hwanghaebuk-to; , lit. "north Yellow Sea province") is a province of North Korea. The province was formed in 1954 when the former Hwanghae Province was split into North and South Hwanghae. The provincial capital is Sari ...
, North Korea. It was formerly one of the 19 kuyŏk that constitute P'yŏngyang, but 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.


Administrative divisions

Sŭngho county is divided into 8 ''
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'' (neighbourhoods) and 6 '' ri'' (villages):


References

Counties of North Hwanghae {{NorthKorea-geo-stub