Sŏhŭng County is a county in

North Hwanghae North Hwanghae Province (Hwanghaebuk-to; , lit. "north Yellow Sea province") is a Administrative divisions of North Korea, province of North Korea. The province was formed in 1954 when the former Hwanghae Province was split into North and South ...

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 ...

History

In 1952, during the

Korean War The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was an armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula fought between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea; ROK) and their allies. North Korea was s ...

, the North Koreans established a military training school in Sohung County called the Kumgang Political Institute with approximately 1,500 cadets. It was headed by South Korean Kim Ung-bin.

Administrative divisions

Sŏhŭng county is divided into 1 ''

ŭp An ''eup'' or ''ŭp'' () is an administrative unit in both North Korea and South Korea similar to the unit of town. In South Korea Along with " myeon", an "eup" is one of the divisions of a county ("gun"), and of some cities ("si") with a pop ...

'' (town) and 20 '' ri'' (villages): , Sohung county had a population of around 100,000 people, with approximately 30,000 of these living in Sohung town.

Transportation

Sŏhŭng county is served by the P'yŏngbu line 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 ...

References

Counties of North Hwanghae {{NorthKorea-geo-stub