Kanggye is the provincial capital of Chagang, North Korea and has a population of 209,000. Because of its strategic importance, derived from its topography, it has been of military interest from the time of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910). Jamo redirects here. ... Hanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters. ... McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced (a modified) McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... Chagang (Chagang-do) is a province in North Korea. ... For discussion of land surfaces themselves, see Terrain. ... Territory of Joseon after Jurchen conquest of King Sejong Capital Hanseong Language(s) Korean Religion Neo-Confucianism Government Monarchy Wang  - 1392 - 1398 Taejo (first)  - 1863 - 1897 Gojong (last)1 Yeong-uijeong  - 1431 - 1449 Hwang Hui  - 1466 - 1472 Han Myeonghoe  - 1592 - 1598 Ryu Seongryong  - 1894 Kim Hongjip History  - Coup of 1388... Events December 16 - Emperor Go-Kameyama of Japan abdicates in favor of rival claimant Go-Komatsu, ending the nanboku-cho period of competing imperial courts James of Jülich is boiled alive for pretending to be a bishop and ordaining his own priests Korean founder of the Joseon Dynasty General... Year 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

Geography

Kanggye is located at the merging point of four rivers, including the Changja River.

Transportation

Kanggye is a transportation hub, connected to other cities by road, rail and air. It lies at the junction of the Kanggye and Manpo Lines. In addition, highways connect it to Pyongyang and other locations. The city is located near a military and civilian dual-purpose air station. Not to be confused with PyeongChang. ...

Culture

Kanggye University of Education is located in the city.

Places of tourist interest include Inphung Pavilion and Mount Ryonhwa.

Industry

From 1945, the manufacturing industry developed rapidly. Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ...

Kanggye has a mining industry producing copper, zinc ore, coal and graphite. Chuquicamata, the second largest open pit copper mine in the world, Chile. ... For other uses, see Copper (disambiguation). ... General Name, Symbol, Number zinc, Zn, 30 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 12, 4, d Appearance bluish pale gray Standard atomic weight 65. ... Coal Coal (IPA: ) is a fossil fuel formed in swamp ecosystems where plant remains were saved by water and mud from oxidization and biodegradation. ... Graphite (named by Abraham Gottlob Werner in 1789 from the Greek γραφειν (graphein): to draw/write, for its use in pencils) is one of the allotropes of carbon. ...

Kanggye hosts one of the main timber processing factories of Chagang province and North Korea. Chagang (Chagang-do) is a province in North Korea. ...

Kanggye Timber Processing Factory

Kanggye Timber Processing Factory is a state-run factory located in Kanggye City. At the time when it started operation, it produced only two kinds of furniture—dining table and sterilized chopsticks—through manual labour. It has now developed into a comprehensive furniture producer, producing woodwork with a hundred and dozens of modern facilities in production and auxiliary buildings which are 27,000 square metres in total floor space. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ...

In recent years, the factory have had its its facilities remolded. These efforts had resulted in modernization of the production processes ranging from lumber cutting to furniture assembly in only a few years.

At present, the factory uses three- and four-faced automatic planes, all-purpose polishers, joining machines, grooving saws and other modern facilities.

Meanwhile the factory has directed an effort into the programme of modernizing the drying job, which is an important part of the woodworking process. The boiler-induced drying process in a spacious area was replaced with three modern drying ovens, which resulted in boosting the seasoning capacity many times as compared with the old facility, fed with a substitute fuel for coal.

By making technical innovations the factory has increased the comprehensive utility of timber considerably, thereby putting the production on a higher level and consuming far less manpower per product.

These days the primary attention is directed to ensuring standard operation of the modern facilities and elevating the workers’ technical and skill levels.

Furnitures produced in the factory Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ...

The external view of the factory Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ...

See also

• Geography of North Korea
• List of cities in North Korea
• List of Korea-related topics

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