Kangwon Province, North Korea

Kangwon Province
강원도
Korean transcription(s)
 • Chosŏn'gŭl강원도
 • Hancha江原道
 • McCune–ReischauerKangwŏndo
 • Revised RomanizationGangwon-do
Location of Kangwon Province
CountryNorth Korea
RegionGwandong
(Yeongseo: western Kangwŏn; Yeongdong: eastern Kangwŏn)
CapitalWŏnsan
Subdivisions2 cities; 15 counties
Government
 • Party Committee Chief SecretaryJiwon Lee (WPK)
 • People's Committee ChairmanJu Mun Jin
Area
 • Total
11,255 km2 (4,346 sq mi)
Population
 (2008)
 • Total
1,477,582
 • Density130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+9 (Pyongyang Time)
ISO 3166 codeKP-07

Kangwon Province (Kangwŏndo; Korean pronunciation: [kaŋ.wʌn.do]) is a province of North Korea, with its capital at Wŏnsan. Before the division of Korea in 1945, Kangwŏn Province and its South Korean neighbour Gangwon Province (also spelled Kangwon Province sometimes) formed a single province that excluded Wŏnsan.


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