Pyonggang is a kun, or county, in Kangwon province, North Korea. It borders Sepo to the north, Chorwon to the south, Ichon to the west, and Changdo to the east. A portion of the county is occupied by the Yongam wetland, which also crosses into Chorwon. 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. ... 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... Kangwon (Kangwon-do) is a province of North Korea, with its capital at Wŏnsan. ... Chorwon is a kun, or county, in Kangwon province, North Korea. ... Ichon is a kun, or county, in northern Kangwon province, North Korea. ... Changdo is a kun, or county, in Kangwon province, North Korea. ...

Most of the county' terrain is mountainous, although there a few small expanses of level ground. The Kwangju Mountains and Machonryong Mountains pass through Pyonggang. The region is prone to heavy rains.

The Pyonggang area was known as Puyang hyŏn during the Goguryeo period, and as Kangpyong (강평) under Silla. In the Goryeo Dynasty, it was included in Tongju (동주); in the Joseon Dynasty, it took its modern name. Hyun is a common Korean family name; see List of Korean family names The hyun families were administrative subdivisions of Korea during the Silla, Goryeo, and Joseon periods. ... Three Kingdoms of Korea, at the end of the 5th century (the northern and western borders of Goguryeo are extended in some maps). ... Silla (also spelled Shilla, traditional dates 57 BCE - 935 CE) was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. ... The Goryeo Dynasty established in 918 ruled Korea from the fall of the Unified Silla in 935 until replaced by the Joseon dynasty in 1392. ... The Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) (also Chosun), sometimes known as the Yi Dynasty, was a dynasty founded by General Yi Seonggye in what is modern day Korea, and lasted for five centuries as one of the worlds longest running monarchies. ...

The county is well-suited to agriculture, and rice farming is especially developed. In addition, the mines of Pyonggang extract gold, tungsten, nepheline, zircon, alunite, and diatomaceous earth. Nephelite, also called nepheline, is a feldspathoid -- a silica-undersaturated aluminosilicate, Na,K) AlSiO4, that occurs in intrusive and volcanic rocks undersaturated with silica, and in their pegmatites. ... Zircon is a mineral belonging to the group of nesosilicates. ... Alunite, or alumstone, is a mineral that was first observed in the 15th century at Tolfa, near Rome, where it was mined for the manufacture of alum. ... A sample of diatomaceous earth Diatomaceous earth, also known as DE, diatomite, diahydro, kieselguhr, kieselgur, and Celite, is a naturally occurring, soft, chalk-like sedimentary rock that is easily crumbled into a fine white to off-white powder. ...

Pyonggang is served by road and rail, with the Kyongwon Line railroad and Kyongwon Highway both passing through the county.

See also

• Geography of North Korea
• Administrative divisions of North Korea
• Kangwon (North Korea)

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External links

• (Korean) In Korean language online encyclopedias:
  • Dusan World Encyclopedia (Naver)
  • Korean language Britannica (Empas)  (Map)
  • Encyclopedia of Korean National Culture (Empas)
  • Pascal World Encyclopedia (Nate)