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

The 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

Kangwŏn Province is dividit intae 2 ceeties (si), 1 special admeenistrative regions, an 15 coonties (kun).

Ceeties

Wonsan

• Munchŏn-si (문천시; 文川市)
• Wŏnsan-si (원산시; 元山市)

Special admeenistrative region

• Kŭmgangsan Tourist Region (금강산 관광 지구; 金剛山觀光地區)

Coonties

• 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)

Freemit airtins

• Seoul City history article on Hanseong and 22 other late 19th-century districts (in Korean) Archived 2004-09-03 at the Wayback Machine