Taehung

Taehung is a kun, or coonty, in the northeastren corner o Pyongannam-do, North Korea. It is bordered tae the north bi Yongrim an Changjin, tae the east bi Yonggwang an Hamju, tae the sooth bi Yodok an Chongpyong, an tae the wast bi Yongwon an Tongsin. It is drained bi the Taedong River, which rises in the north pairt o the coonty afore flowin wast intae Yongwon.

Taehung
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	대흥군
• Hanja	大興郡
• Revised Romanisation	Taeheung-gun
• McCune–Reischauer	Taehŭng kun
Kintra	North Korea
Admeenistrative diveesions	1 ŭp, 1 wirkers' destrict, 16 ri
Area
• Total	1224 km2 (473 sq mi)

The terrain o Taehung is heicher an mair muntainous than ony ither pairt o Pyongannam-do. Three muntain ranges, the Rangrim, Myohyang, an Puktaebong, pass through the coonty. The heichest o the mony peaks is Tongdaesan, at 2,094 meters abuin sea level.

Local agricultur is dominatit bi dry-field fermin, wi maize the chief crop. Lumber is sent doun the Taedong River for processin. Thare are subterranean reserves o tungsten, gowd, copper, an zinc. Thare are nae railroads, but the coonty is servit bi roads which connect it tae neebourin touns via the muntain passes.

See an aw

• Leet o seicontary subdiveesions o North Korea
• Geografie o North Korea
• Pyongannam-do

Freemit airtins

• (in Korean) In Korean leid online encyclopaedias:
  • Doosan Encyclopedia (Encyber)
  • Korean language Britannica (Empas) (Map)
  • Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (Empas)
  • Pascal World Encyclopedia (Nate)