Kangwon Province (North Korea)
Kangwŏn (Kangwŏn-do) is a province o North Korea, wi its caipital at Wŏnsan. Afore the diveesion o Korea in 1945, Kangwŏn an its Sooth Korean neighbour Gangwon Province (an aw spelled Kangwon-do) formed a single province that excludit Wonsan.
Geography
eeditThe province is bordered bi Hamgyongnam-do tae the north, Pyongannam-do an Hwanghaebuk-do tae the wast, an Kaesŏng tae the sooth.
The province is dominatit bi the T'aebaek Muntains, the heichest peak o which is Kŭmgang-san ("Diamond Muntain").
Kangwŏn an Gangwon Provinces are thegither referred tae as the Gwandong region. The region wast o the Taebaek Muntains is cried Yŏngsŏ, while the region east o the muntains is cried Yŏngdong.
Admeenistrative diveesions
eeditKangwŏn Province is dividit intae 2 ceeties (si), 1 special admeenistrative regions, an 15 coonties (kun).
Ceeties
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Special admeenistrative region
eedit- Kŭmgangsan Tourist Region (금강산 관광 지구; 金剛山觀光地區)
Coonties
eedit- Anbyŏn-gun (안변군; 安邊郡)
- Ch'angdo-gun (창도군; 昌道郡)
- Ch'ŏrwŏn-gun (철원군; 鐵原郡; umwhile Anhyŏp-gun; no tae be ramfeeselt wi the ROK's neighborin Cheorwon-gun)
- Ch'ŏnnae-gun (천내군; 川內郡)
- Hoeyang-gun (회양군; 淮陽郡)
- Ichŏn-gun (이천군; 伊川郡)
- Kimhwa-gun (김화군; 金化郡)
- Kosan-gun (고산군; 高山郡)
- Kosŏng-gun (고성군; 高城郡)
- Kŭmgang-gun (금강군; 金剛郡)
- P'an'gyo-gun (판교군; 板橋郡)
- Pŏptong-gun (법동군; 法洞郡)
- P'yŏnggang-gun (평강군; 平康郡)
- Sep'o-gun (세포군; 洗浦郡)
- T'ongch'ŏn-gun (통천군; 通川郡)