Kangwon Province (North Korea)

Kangwŏn (Kangwŏn-do) is a province o North Korea, wi its caipital at Wŏnsan. Afore the diveesion o Korea in 1945, Kangwŏn an its Sooth Korean neighbour Gangwon Province (an aw spelled Kangwon-do) formed a single province that excludit Wonsan.

 Geography 
The province is bordered bi Hamgyongnam-do tae the north, Pyongannam-do an Hwanghaebuk-do tae the wast, an Kaesŏng tae the sooth.

The province is dominatit bi the T'aebaek Muntains, the heichest peak o which is Kŭmgang-san ("Diamond Muntain").

Kangwŏn an Gangwon Provinces are thegither referred tae as the Gwandong region. The region wast o the Taebaek Muntains is cried Yŏngsŏ, while the region east o the muntains is cried Yŏngdong.

 Admeenistrative diveesions 
Kangwŏn Province is dividit intae 2 ceeties (si), 1 special admeenistrative regions, an 15 coonties (kun).

 Ceeties 
 Munchŏn-si (; )
 Wŏnsan-si (; )

 Special admeenistrative region 
 Kŭmgangsan Tourist Region (; )

 Coonties 
 Anbyŏn-gun (; )
 Ch'angdo-gun (; )
 Ch'ŏrwŏn-gun (; ; umwhile Anhyŏp-gun; no tae be ramfeeselt wi the ROK's neighborin Cheorwon-gun)
 Ch'ŏnnae-gun (; )
 Hoeyang-gun (; )
 Ichŏn-gun (; )
 Kimhwa-gun (; )
 Kosan-gun (; )
 Kosŏng-gun (; )
 Kŭmgang-gun (; )
 P'an'gyo-gun (; )
 Pŏptong-gun (; )
 P'yŏnggang-gun (; )
 Sep'o-gun (; )
 T'ongch'ŏn-gun (; )

 Freemit airtins 
 Seoul City history article on Hanseong and 22 other late 19th-century districts (in Korean) 


Category:Provinces o North Korea