Chonma County

Ch'ŏnma County 천마군
County
Korean transcription(s)
• Chosŏn'gŭl	천마군
• Hancha	天てん摩ま郡ぐん
• McCune-Reischauer	Ch'ŏnma-gun
• Revised Romanization	Cheonma-gun
Country	North Korea
Province	North P'yŏngan
Administrative divisions	1 ŭp, 20 ri
Area
• Total	763.3 km2 (294.7 sq mi)
Population  (2008)
• Total	50,462
• Density	66/km2 (170/sq mi)

Ch'ŏnma County is a kun, or county, in northwestern North P'yŏngan province, North Korea. It borders Kusŏng city and Taegwan county to the east, Sonch'ŏn and Tongrim counties to the south, Ŭiju and P'ihyŏn counties to the west, and Sakchu county to the north. It was created in 1952 from parts of Kusŏng and Ŭiju.

Geography

There are abundant mountains, with the Ch'ŏnma and Munsu ranges both traversing the county. The highest peak is Ch'ŏnmasan, 1169 m. The Ch'ŏnmasan region provides habitat for a variety of animals, and has been designated an animal protection area.

The county lies in the Yalu River basin; major tributaries draining the county include the Samgyoch'ŏn and the Kojin and Ch'ŏnma Rivers; these have been dammed to create Manp'ung Lake as well as the Taeha Reservoir, the water from which is used to water the plains along the Yellow Sea.

Administrative divisions

Ch'ŏnma county is divided into 1 ŭp (town) and 20 ri (villages):

Ch'ŏnma-ŭp (천마읍/天摩てんま邑) Chikyŏng-ri (지경리/地境じざかい里さと) Ch'ŏnsal-li (천산리/天山あまやま里さと) Illyŏng-ri (일녕리/一いち寧やすし里さと) Kuam-ri (구암리/九きゅう岩いわ里さと) Kŭmgol-li (금골리/金きむ골里さと) Kwandong-ri (관동리/館たて洞ほら里さと) Mihwa-ri (비화리/斐化里さと) Paekcha-ri (백자리/栢かしわ子こ里さと) Sambong-ri (삼봉리/三峰みつみね里さと) Samsŭng-ri (삼송리/三松みまつ里さと)

Sinch'ang-ri (신창리/新あたらし昌あきら里さと) Sinhŭng-ri (신흥리/新興しんこう里さと) Sinsi-ri (신시리/新市しんいち里さと) Sŏgu-ri (서고리/西古里にしふるさと) Songhyŏl-li (송현리/松まつ峴里) Songrim-ri (송림리/宋そう林りん里さと) Taeha-ri (대하리/大だい鰕えび里さと) Taeu-ri (대우리/大牛おおうし里さと) Tonggu-ri (동고리/東ひがし古里ふるさと) Yŏngsal-li (영산리/永山ながやま里さと)

Climate

The climate is continental, with hot summers and cold winters. The average annual temperature is 8.7 °C, with a January average of -10.7 °C and an August average of 22.6 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1260 mm. Some 13% of the county's land is cultivated; 82% is forestland. Chonma leads the province in the production of hops.

References

• International Information Research Institute (국제정보연구소) (1999). "천마군". 北韓ほっかん情報じょうほう總覽そうらん 2000 [Bukhan jeongbo chong-ram 2000]. Seoul: Author. pp. 826–827.

See also

• Geography of North Korea
• Administrative divisions of North Korea
• North Pyongan

External links

• In Korean language online encyclopedias:
  • Doosan Encyclopedia (Encyber)
  • Korean language Britannica (Empas) (Map)
  • Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (Empas)
  • Pascal World Encyclopedia (Nate)