Kopung County

Kop'ung County 고풍군
County
Korean transcription(s)
• Hanja	古豊郡
• McCune-Reischauer	Kop'ung kun
• Revised Romanization	Gopung-gun
Map of Chagang showing the location of Kopung
Country	North Korea
Province	Chagang Province
Administrative divisions	1 ŭp, 12 ri
Area
• Total	670 km2 (260 sq mi)
Population  (2008)
• Total	31,572
• Density	47/km2 (120/sq mi)

Kop'ung County is a kun, or county, in Chagang province, North Korea. Prior to the division of Korea, it was part of Chosan county.

Geography

Most of Kop'ung is mountainous, but lower in the west. The Kangnam and Chogyuryong (적유령산맥) ranges pass through the county. The chief streams are the Chungman River and the Komyonchon, Wolmyongchon, and Pungmyonchon streams. The highest peak is Koamsan. Some 89.4% of the county's area is forestland. There are karstic regions in the county. The Songwon Reservoir is located there.

Administrative divisions

Kop'ung County is divided into 1 ŭp (town) and 12 ri (villages):

Kop'ung-ŭp Mundŏng-ri Pangsŏng-ri Ryongdae-ri Ryongdang-ri Ryonggong-ri Ryongp'ung-ri

Ryongsŏng-ri Samp'yŏng-ri Sinch'ang-ri Sŏksang-ri Tongdo-ri Wŏlmyŏng-ri

Economy

The chief local industry is agriculture, centered on dry-field farming. Crops include maize, soybeans, wheat, barley, radishes, cabbage, gochu peppers, and cucumbers. Orcharding, sericulture, and livestock raising are also carried out. In addition, some rice is cultivated along the valleys of the Chungman and the other streams.

There are deposits of iron, gold, copper, lead, zinc, tungsten, graphite, coal, and limestone, among other minerals. There is relatively little manufacturing.

Kopung is served by roads. The Chungman River is used to ship raw lumber downstream.

See also

• Geography of North Korea
• Administrative divisions of North Korea
• Chagang

External links

• In Korean language online encyclopedias:
  • Doosan Encyclopedia (Naver)
  • Korean language Britannica (Empas) (Map)
  • Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (Empas)
  • Pascal World Encyclopedia (Nate)