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Hoechang County - Wikipedia

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Hoech'ang County

회창군

Korean transcription(s)
 • Chosŏn'gŭl회창군
 • Hancha檜倉郡
 • McCune-ReischauerHoech'ang-gun
 • Revised RomanizationHoechang-gun
Map of South Pyongan showing the location of Hoechang

Map of South Pyongan showing the location of Hoechang

CountryNorth Korea
ProvinceSouth P'yŏngan
Administrative divisions1 ŭp, 4 workers' districts, 17 ri
Area

• Total

681.43 km2 (263.10 sq mi)
Population

 (2008[1])

• Total

89,959
 • Density130/km2 (340/sq mi)

Hoech'ang County is a kun (county) in South P'yŏngan province, North Korea.

Before 1945, most of the territory that now comprises Hoech'ang, was part of neighbouring Sŏngch'ŏn county. In 1952 four townships from Sŏngch'ŏn (Sungin-myŏn, Kuryong-myŏn, Rungjung-myŏn, and Taegok-myŏn) and one from Koksan (Pongmyŏng-myŏn) were split from their counties and merged to form Hoech'ang County.

Administrative divisions

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The district is split into 1 ŭp (town), 4 rodongjagu (workers' districts) and 17 ri (villages):

  1. ^ Korean Central Bureau of Statistics: 2008 Population Census Archived 2011-05-14 at the Wayback Machine (Population 2008, published in 2009)