Puryong is a kun, or county, in North Hamgyong province, North Korea. For other uses, see Hangul (disambiguation). ... It has been suggested that Sino-Korean be merged into this article or section. ... 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 (Korean: 국어의 로마자 표기법; 國語의 로마字 表記法) is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... North Hamgyŏng (Hamgyŏng-pukto) is a province of North Korea. ...

Most of the county is mountainous, being traversed by the Hamgyong Range and its outlying spurs. The highest point is Kosongsan (고성산), 1,754 meters above sea level. Many other high peaks are also found in the county. The chief stream is the Susongchon (수성천).

90% of the county is forested. Rare mammals inhabit the area, including the marten, brown bear, and Amur leopard. The climate is affected by both maritime and continental influences. Species Martes americana Martes flavigula Martes foina Martes gwatkinsii Martes martes Martes melampus Martes pennanti Martes zibellina for the Wiltshire village see Marten, Wiltshire The Martens constitute the genus Martes within the subfamily Mustelinae, in family Mustelidae. ... Binomial name Ursus arctos Linnaeus, 1758 Ursus arctos range map. ... Trinomial name Panthera pardus orientalis Schlegel, 1857 The Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis), whose habitat is currently confined to the Sikhote-Alin mountains, is the northernmost subspecies of leopard. ...

The local economy is dominated by metalworking, mining, and electric power. Deposits of gold, copper, quartzite, and limestone are found in the county. The intermontane valleys are home to grain farms where corn, soybeans, rice, wheat, barley, proso millet, and millet are harvested. Rice fields make up 2% of the county's area. Sericulture is also practiced. Quartzite Quartzite is a hard, metamorphic rock which was originally sandstone. ... Limey shale overlaid by limestone. ... Binomial name Panicum miliaceum L. Proso millet, also known as common millet, broom corn, hog millet or white millet, is a species of millet that has been cultivated for thousands of years in East Asia and Russia. ... Sericulture is the rearing of silkworms for the production of raw silk. ...

Puryong lies on the Hambuk Line and Musan Line railroads, and is also served by roads.

See also

• North Hamgyong
• Geography of North Korea
• Administrative divisions of North Korea

North Hamgyŏng (Hamgyŏng-pukto) is a province of North Korea. ... Map of North Korea North Korea is located in eastern Asia, on the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. ... Administrative divisions of North Korea As of 2004, North Korea consisted of two directly-governed cities (Chikalshi; 직할시;直轄市), three special administrative regions with various designations, and nine provinces (Do, singular and plural; 도; 道). These 14 regions are, in turn, divided into a Special...

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