Changyŏn County is a county in

South Hwanghae South Hwanghae Province (Hwanghaenamdo; , lit. "south Yellow Sea province") is a Administrative divisions of North Korea, province in western North Korea. The province was formed in 1954 when the former Hwanghae Province was split into North Hwa ...

province,

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu River, Yalu (Amnok) an ...

Geography

Changyŏn is bordered to the north by

Kwail Kwail is a ''kun'', or county, in South Hwanghae province, North Korea. It faces the Yellow Sea to the west. The economy of the county is based on the production of fruit. Kwail was created in 1967 from part of Songhwa County, with the intenti ...

and

Songhwa Songhwa County is a county in South Hwanghae province, North Korea. Administrative divisions Songhwa county is divided into 1 '' ŭp'' (town) and 10 '' ri'' (villages): History The area was called Kuŭlhyŏn (仇乙縣) or Kulch'ŏn (屈遷) i ...

, to the east by Samch'ŏn and T'aet'an, to the south by Ryongyŏn, and to the west by the

Yellow Sea The Yellow Sea, also known as the North Sea, is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean located between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula, and can be considered the northwestern part of the East China Sea. Names It is one of four ...

. Most of the land in Changyŏn is composed of flat plains, with mountains forming its borders. The highest point is Mt. Pult'a, at .

History

Changyŏn county was created under the Yi dynasty. Chaeryŏng was briefly merged into the newly formed Hwanghae District in 1895 during an experimental redistricting, but was restored to its previous form in 1896. The county's current form was settled in the 1952 redistricting changes, when the entire south of the county was split away to form Ryongyŏn county. In 1956 it became part of South Hwanghae Province when the former

Hwanghae Province Hwanghae Province (''Hwanghae-do'' ) was one of the Eight Provinces of Korea during the Joseon era. Hwanghae was located in the northwest of Korea. The provincial capital was Haeju. The regional name for the province was Haeseo (). It is a reg ...

was split.

Transportation

The county is served by the

Changyŏn Line The Changyŏn Line is a non-electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the Korean State Railway running from Sugyo Station, Sugyo on the Unnyul Line, Ŭnnyul Line to Changyon Station, Changyŏn, South Hwanghae Province, North Korea.Kokubu, Hay ...

of the

Korean State Railway The Korean State Railway is the operating arm of the Ministry of Railways of North Korea (), commonly called the State Rail () and has its headquarters at Pyongyang, P'yŏngyang. The current Minister of Railways is Chang Jun-song. History 19 ...

, which stops at Ragyŏn and Changyŏn stations. There is also a highway which runs through Changyŏn-ŭp.

Administrative divisions

The county is divided into one town (''ŭp''), 1 Worker's District (''rodongjagu'') and 19 villages (''ri'').

People born in Changyŏn

* Ro Ch'ŏn-myŏng (1912-1957), poet * Ryu Kyŏng-hwan (1936-???), poet * Kim Kuk-Hyang (1993), weightlifter

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