Sŭngho or Sŭngho-gun is a county of

North Hwanghae Province North Hwanghae Province (Hwanghaebuk-to; , lit. "north Yellow Sea province") is a province of North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern h ...

, North Korea. It was formerly one of the 19 kuyŏk that constitute

P'yŏngyang Pyongyang (, , ) is the capital and largest city of North Korea, where it is known as the "Capital of the Revolution". Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River about upstream from its mouth on the Yellow Sea. According to the 2008 population ...

, but in 2010, it was administratively reassigned from P'yŏngyang to North Hwanghae; foreign media attributed the change as an attempt to relieve shortages in P'yŏngyang's food distribution system.

Administrative divisions

Sŭngho county is divided into 8 ''

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'' (neighbourhoods) and 6 '' ri'' (villages):

References

Counties of North Hwanghae {{NorthKorea-geo-stub