Pukchang

Pukchang
Chosŏn'gŭl: 북창군
Hanja: 北倉郡
RR: Bukchang-gun
MR: Pukch'ang kun
Pukchang; Chosŏn'gŭl: 북창군 ; Hanja: 北倉郡 ; RR: Bukchang-gun ; MR: Pukch'ang kun ;
Kintra	North Korea
State	Pyongannam-do
Admeenistrative centre	Pyongsong
Population (2008)
• Total	139,498

Pukchang (Pukch'ang kun) is a coonty o the province o Pyongannam-do in North Korea.

In this coonty is the kintra's mucklest pouer station- Pukchang coal pouer station - wi a production capacity o up tae 1600 MW.

Admeenistrative destricts eedit

The destrict is split intae ane ŭp (veelage), nine rodongjagu (wirker destricts) an 20 ri (touns).

Preeson Camp eedit

Poleetical Preeson Camp No. 18 is a muckle preeson labor colony in the wastren pairt o the coonty at the banks o Taedong River. Mony o the 50000 preesoners are forcit tae wirk in coal mines.^[2]

References eedit

↑ Korean Central Bureau of Statistics: 2008 Population Census (Population 2008, published in 2009)
↑ Committee for Human Rights in North Korea: The Hidden Gulag (Section: Testimony Kwan-li-so No. 18 Bukchang, p. 69 - 76)

Freemit airtins eedit

(in Inglis) Map o Pyongan provinces Archived 2012-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
(in Korean) Detailed map

[1] Korean Central Bureau of Statistics: 2008 Population Census (Population 2008, published in 2009)

[2] Committee for Human Rights in North Korea: The Hidden Gulag (Section: Testimony Kwan-li-so No. 18 Bukchang, p. 69 - 76)

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