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Kangdong

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Kangdong
Hangul
강동군
Hanja
Revised RomanisationGangdonggun
McCune–ReischauerKangdong-gun

Kangdong-gun, or Kangdong Coonty, is ane o Pyongyang's fower suburban coonties. In 1983 it wis separatit frae Pyongannam-do an assumit direct govrenance bi the Pyongyang Ceety Fowkcommittee. It is bordered bi Sŏngch'ŏn-gun (Songchon Coonty), Pyongannam-do in the north an east, Sungho-guyok (Sungho Destrict) frae the sooth an the Taedong River frae the wast.

Kangdong-gun is best kent as the location o the supposit Tomb o Keeng Tangun, the Revolutionary Steid at Ponghwa-ri. Kim Jong-un's Kangdong Residence[1] is locatit near the banks o Taedong River.[2] The northeastren pairt o the coonty hosts the offices an facilities o the Seicont Economic Committee, which is the DPRK's wappens industrie. Kyo-hwa-so No. 4 is a lairge reeducation camp in the sooth eastren pairt o Kangdong-gun.[3]

References

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  1. "The Palaces of Pyongyang on Google Earth". One Free Korea. Retrieved 5 Juin 2012.
  2. "KWP Leadership Compound: Kangdong Residence". Wikimapia. Retrieved 5 Juin 2012.
  3. "The Hidden Gulag – Exposing Crimes against Humanity in North Korea's Vast Prison System (p. 109, p. 226)" (PDF). The Committee for Human Rights in North Korea. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 13 Mairch 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2012.