County in Kangwŏn, North Korea
P'yŏnggang County is a kun, or county, in Kangwŏn province, North Korea. It borders Sep'o to the north, Ch'ŏrwŏn to the south, Ich'ŏn to the west, and Kimhwa to the east.
Physical features
A portion of the county is occupied by the Ryongam wetlands, which also cross into Ch'ŏrwŏn. Most of the county's terrain is mountainous, although there a few small expanses of level ground. The Kwangju and Majŏllyŏng mountains pass through P'yŏnggang. The region is prone to heavy rains.[citation needed]
History
The P'yŏnggang area was known as Puyang hyŏn during the Koguryŏ period, and as Kangp'yŏng (강평) under Silla. In the Koryŏ Dynasty, it was included in Tongju (동주); in the Chosŏn dynasty, it took its modern name.
Administrative divisions
On August 15, 1945, P'yŏnggang county included 1 ŭp (P'yŏnggang), 6 myŏn (Sŏ, Nam, Hyŏnnae, Mokchŏn, Sep'o, Yujin). Presently, it is divided into 1 ŭp and 30 ri (villages):
- P'yŏnggang-ŭp
- Aptong-ri
- Chawŏl-li
- Chŏngsal-li
- Chŏnsŭng-ri
- Ch'ŏn'am-ri
- Haebang-ri
- Haju-ri
- Hasong-ri
- Hwaam-ri
- Kagong-ri
- Kŏnch'ŏl-li
- Kŭmgong-ri
- Kŭndong-ri
- Munbong-ri
- Munsal-li
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- Naech'ŏl-li
- Namyang-ri
- Oktong-ri
- Pokkye-ri
- Pongrae-ri
- Rangha-ri
- Rangwŏl-li
- Risudŏng-ri
- Sanggap-ri
- Sangsonggwal-li
- Sangwŏl-li
- Sinjŏng-ri
- Sŏngsal-li
- Sut'ae-ri
- T'apkŏ-ri
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In addition, Jeongyeon-ri (정연리) in Galmal-Eup of Cheorwon County was traditionally part of Pyonggang County, and was the only part of the county that was ceded south after the Korean War.[2]
Economy
The county is well-suited to agriculture, and rice farming is especially developed. In addition, the mines of P'yŏnggang extract gold, tungsten, nepheline, zircon, alunite, and diatomaceous earth.[citation needed]
