Kŭmch'ŏn is a county in North Hwanghae province, North Korea

North Korea

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. It has a population of 68,216.

Geography

Kumchon is bordered to the west by Kaesong

Kaesong

Kaesŏng is a city in North Hwanghae Province, southern North Korea , a former Directly Governed City, and the capital of Korea during the Koryo Dynasty. The city is near Kaesŏng Industrial Region and it contains the remains of the Manwoldae palace. It was formally named Songdo while it was the...

, to the south by Kaepung

Kaepung

Kaep'ung is a county in North Hwanghae province, North Korea. Formerly part of the Kaesong urban area, the county was merged with North Hwanghae when Kaesong was demoted in 2003...

, to the northwest by Tosan

Tosan

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, and to the north by Mt. Pakbong (562 m) and Singye

Singye

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 county. It is bordered to the east by the Ryesong River

Ryesong River

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, Pyongsan

Pyongsan

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, and Pongchon

Pongchon

Pongchon County , South Hwanghae Province, DPRK. Formerly known as Pyongchon County , this county was split from Pyongsan County in 1952. In 1990, it was given its current name....

 county (in South Hwanghae). ccording to preliminary results from the 2008 population census, it has a population of 3,255,388.

Climate

Kumchon had a fairly severe climate, with an average temperature of 10.2 degrees. Inland, the average January temperature is -7 degrees, while the average August temperature is 25.6 degrees. The county receives an average of 1,100 mm of rain per year.

Transportation

The county is served by the Pyongbu Railway Line

Pyongbu Line

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, which stops in at Kumchon Station. There is also a highway which runs through Kumchon Town.

Divisions

The county is divided into one town (ŭp) and 14 villages (ri).

	Chosŏn'gŭl Hangul Hangul,Pronounced or ; Korean: 한글 Hangeul/Han'gŭl or 조선글 Chosŏn'gŭl/Joseongeul the Korean alphabet, is the native alphabet of the Korean language. It is a separate script from Hanja, the logographic Chinese characters which are also sometimes used to write Korean...	Hancha Hanja Hanja is the Korean name for the Chinese characters hanzi. More specifically, it refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated into the Korean language with Korean pronunciation...
Kŭmch'ŏn Town	금천읍
Hyŏnnae-ri	현내리
Kangbuk-ri	강북리
Kangnam-ri	강남리
Kyejŏng-ri	계정리
Munmyŏng-ri	문명리
Namjŏng-ri	남정리
Paekma-ri	백마리
Paekyang-ri	백양리
Ryanghap-ri	량합리
Ryongsŏng-ri	룡성리
Singang-ri	신강리
Tŏksan-ri	덕산리
Wŏlam-ri	월암리
Wŏnmyŏng-ri	원명리