NORTH KOREA : provinces population

NORTH KOREA

DO	capital	surface/sq.km	surface/sq.mi	p2002	e1987	e1968	e1966	code	code	code	pos.	particulars	variants of the name
source:				SH	BB	GL	WG		ISO	FIPS
													Province
Chagang-do	Kanggye	16968	6551	1481,2	1156,0	780,0	739,0	CH	CHA	KN01	nw		Jagang
Hamgyõng-bukto	Ch'õngjin	17570	6784	2566,6	2003,0	1110,0	1333,0	HB	HAB	KN16	ne		North Hamkyung, Hamgyeõngpukto, Kankyo Hoku-do
Hamgyõng-namdo	Hamhúng	18970	7324	3263,6	2547,0	1315,0	1699,0	HN	HAN	KN03	ec	a temporary split was made 1981 from Hamhúng-si as a special city	South Hamkyung, Kankyo Nan-do
Hwanghae-bukto	Sariwõn	8007	3091	1805,4	1409,0	1060,0	993,0	WB	HWB	KN07	sc		North Hwanghai, Hwanghaepukto
Hwanghae-namdo	Haeju	8002	3090	2452,5	1914,0	1340,0	1301,0	WN	HWN	KN06	sw		South Hwanghai
Kangwon-do	Wõnsan	11152	4306	1572,2	1227,0	1030,0	1050,0	KW	KAN	KN09	se		Kangwon, Kogen-do
P'yõngan-bukto	Sinuiju	12191	4707	3085,5	2380,0	1760,0	1599,0	PB	PYB	KN11	nw		North Pyongan, Pyeõnganpukto, Heian Hoku-do
P'yõngan-namdo	P'yõngsan	11577	4470	3399,4	2653,0	2250,0	1875,0	PN	PYN	KN15	wc		South Pyongan, Heian Nan-do
Yanggang-do	Hyesan	14317	5528	804,7	628,0	435,0	422,0	YG	YAN	KN13	ne		Ryanggang

SI													Special city
Ch'õngjin-si	Ch'õngjin					385,0						split from Hamgyõng-pukto 1967? and merged again ca 1990
Kaesong-si	Kaesong	1255	485	424,1	331,0	289,0	265,0	KS	KAE	KN08	swc
Nampo-si	Nampo	753	291	916,2	715,0	530,0		NP	NAM	KN14	wc	split from P'yõngan-namdo ca 1988
P'yõngyang-si	P'yõngyang	2000	772	3017,6	2355,0	1275,0	1364,0	PY	PYO	KN12	wc		P'yõngyang-túkpyõlsi

Special district
Hyangsan-chigu					28,0			HS			nc

TOTAL:	P'yõngyang	122762	47399	24789,0	19346,0	13559,0	12640,0

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File created on 2001.02.07; last modified on 2002.05.26 by Jan Lahmeyer