Chunggang County

Chunggang County is a kun, or county, in northern Chagang province, North Korea. It was originally part of Huchang county in Ryanggang, and for that reason older sources still identify it as being part of Huchang. The county seat was originally known as Chunggangjin (중강진), but is now known as Chunggang ŭp. Chunggang looks across the Yalu River at China, and borders Ryanggang province to the south.

Chunggang County
중강군
County
Korean transcription(s)
 • Hanja中江郡
 • McCune-ReischauerChunggang kun
 • Revised RomanizationJunggang-gun
Map of Chagang showing the location of Chunggang
Map of Chagang showing the location of Chunggang
CountryNorth Korea
ProvinceChagang Province
Administrative divisions1 ŭp, 1 workers' district, 8 ri
Area
 • Total620 km2 (240 sq mi)
Population
 (2008[1])
 • Total41,022
 • Density66/km2 (170/sq mi)

The Chunggang Revolutionary Site is associated with Kim Hyŏng-jik.[2]

It has been reported that an Intermediate-range ballistic missile base was constructed in Chunggang in the early 1990s, and that its missiles are targeted at Okinawa.[3]

Administrative divisions

Chunggang County is divided into 1 ŭp (town), 1 rodongjagu (workers' district) and 8 ri (villages):

  • Chunggang-ŭp
  • Hoha-rodongjagu
  • Changhŭng-ri
  • Changsŏng-ri
  • Chungdŏng-ri
  • Chungsang-ri
  • Kŏnha-ri
  • Osu-ri
  • Sangjang-ri
  • T'osŏng-ri

Climate

Chunggang has a monsoon influenced humid continental climate (Köppen Climate Classification Dwa) with hot summers and severely cold winters. The climate features very large differences between summer and winter temperatures. On January 12, 1933, a temperature of -43 °C was recorded at Chunggangjin.[4] The average January temperature is -16.0 °C, with temperatures rising to a July average of 22.5 °C.

Climate data for Chunggang (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1915–present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 6.0
(42.8)		 12.0
(53.6)		 21.5
(70.7)		 31.0
(87.8)		 34.0
(93.2)		 36.1
(97.0)		 40.2
(104.4)		 39.0
(102.2)		 31.0
(87.8)		 28.1
(82.6)		 19.0
(66.2)		 10.2
(50.4)		 40.2
(104.4)
Average high °C (°F) −7.5
(18.5)		 −1.8
(28.8)		 5.9
(42.6)		 15.2
(59.4)		 22.7
(72.9)		 26.5
(79.7)		 28.9
(84.0)		 28.2
(82.8)		 23.4
(74.1)		 15.6
(60.1)		 3.9
(39.0)		 −5.4
(22.3)		 13.0
(55.4)
Daily mean °C (°F) −15.9
(3.4)		 −10.2
(13.6)		 −0.9
(30.4)		 7.7
(45.9)		 14.9
(58.8)		 19.6
(67.3)		 22.9
(73.2)		 21.8
(71.2)		 15.4
(59.7)		 7.3
(45.1)		 −2.3
(27.9)		 −12.6
(9.3)		 5.6
(42.1)
Average low °C (°F) −22.8
(−9.0)		 −17.9
(−0.2)		 −7.4
(18.7)		 0.8
(33.4)		 8.0
(46.4)		 13.9
(57.0)		 18.3
(64.9)		 17.3
(63.1)		 9.7
(49.5)		 0.9
(33.6)		 −7.5
(18.5)		 −18.8
(−1.8)		 −0.5
(31.1)
Record low °C (°F) −43.6
(−46.5)		 −36.1
(−33.0)		 −32.2
(−26.0)		 −12.8
(9.0)		 −5.2
(22.6)		 4.7
(40.5)		 9.0
(48.2)		 4.1
(39.4)		 −2.5
(27.5)		 −13.2
(8.2)		 −30.0
(−22.0)		 −36.1
(−33.0)		 −43.6
(−46.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 4.8
(0.19)		 9.1
(0.36)		 17.4
(0.69)		 32.3
(1.27)		 62.7
(2.47)		 89.8
(3.54)		 172.7
(6.80)		 150.1
(5.91)		 60.8
(2.39)		 33.7
(1.33)		 27.5
(1.08)		 12.8
(0.50)		 673.7
(26.52)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 3.2 3.7 4.9 6.4 8.9 10.2 11.4 9.8 5.9 6.0 6.0 5.3 81.7
Average snowy days 4.8 5.0 4.7 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 4.8 6.6 28.0
Average relative humidity (%) 78.9 74.3 69.0 64.8 68.6 76.7 82.0 82.4 78.4 73.6 77.0 78.0 75.3
Mean monthly sunshine hours 151 158 188 184 192 168 155 149 148 169 130 128 1,920
Source 1: Korea Meteorological Administration[5]
Source 2: Deutscher Wetterdienst (sun, 1961–1990),[6][7][lower-alpha 1] Meteo Climat (extremes)[8]

Notes
  1. Station ID for Chunggang is 47014 Use this station ID to locate the sunshine duration

References
  1. North Korea: Administrative Division
  2. "Junggang Revolutionary Site". KCNA. 9 July 2007. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014.
  3. "Chunggang-up". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 2006-11-11.
  4. Bukhan Yeonguso (1983), p. 49.
  5. "30 years report of Meteorological Observations in North Korea (1991 ~ 2020)" (PDF) (in Korean). Korea Meteorological Administration. pp. 202, 270, and 343. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  6. "Klimatafel von Chunggang / Korea (Nordkorea)" (PDF). Baseline climate means (1961-1990) from stations all over the world (in German). Deutscher Wetterdienst. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 26, 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  7. "Station 47014 Chunggang". Global station data 1961–1990—Sunshine Duration. Deutscher Wetterdienst. Archived from the original on 2017-10-17. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  8. "Station Chunggang" (in French). Meteo Climat. Retrieved 6 October 2018.

See also

References
  • Bukhan Yeonguso (1983). 북한총람 [Bukhan chongram]. Seoul: Author.

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