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Sudong County
View on WikipediaSudong County is a county in South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea. It was formed from part of Kowŏn County in December 1990.[2]
Key Information
Sudong is the site of a major coal seam first discovered in 1918.[3] The P'yŏngra Line of the Korean State Railway passes through the district.
Administrative divisions
[edit]Sudong is divided into 6 dong (neighbourhoods) and 14 ri (villages):
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Transportation
[edit]Sudong-gu has a trolleybus line opened in 1979 running within this district,[4] linking residential areas to Kowon mine.[5] The line opened in 1979, with a number of second hand Chollima 9.11 trolleybuses used to serve the line initially.[6] The line appears to no longer have any trolleybuses.
Kowon Tangwang Line runs to this district from Tunjon station, serving the colliery.[7]
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ North Korea: Administrative Division
- ^ "행정구역 개편 일지". NKChosun.com. 2006-04-05. Archived from the original on 2006-11-02. Retrieved 2006-11-08. See also 고원군의 연혁
- ^ 고원-문천탄전 (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia/Naver. Archived from the original on July 10, 2012. Retrieved 2006-11-08.
- ^ "민추본". www.unikorea.or.kr. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
- ^ "북한지역정보넷". www.cybernk.net. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
- ^ "Обзор транспорта Северной Кореи". www.gruzovikpress.ru. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- ^ Kokubu, Hayato; 国分隼人 (2007). Shōgun sama no tetsudō : Kitachōsen tetsudō jijō. Tōkyō: Shinchōsha. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6. OCLC 140100407.
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