Kangnam County

Kangnam County is one of the two suburban counties of Pyongyang, North Korea. It is north-west of Songrim, north-east of Hwangju County, west of Chunghwa County, and south of Nakrang-guyok. It is the location of cooperative farms and smaller industrial complexes. It became part of Pyongyang in May 1963, when it was separated from South P'yŏngan.^{[citation needed]} In 2010, it was administratively reassigned from Pyongyang to North Hwanghae; foreign media attributed the change as an attempt to relieve shortages in Pyongyang's food distribution system.^[2] However, it was returned to Pyongyang in 2011.^[3]

Revised RomanizationGangnam-gun

Country North Korea

Administrative divisions1 up, 18 ri

Quick facts 강남군, Korean transcription(s) ...

Kangnam County 강남군
County
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	강남군
• Hanja	江南郡
• McCune-Reischauer	Kangnam-gun
• Revised Romanization	Gangnam-gun
Country	North Korea
Direct-administered city	P'yŏngyang-Chikhalsi
Administrative divisions	1 up, 18 ri
Area
• Total	149.1 km2 (57.6 sq mi)
Population  (2008[1])
• Total	69,279
• Density	464.6/km2 (1,203/sq mi)

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