Changyŏn County is a county in South Hwanghae province, North Korea .
4-569: Changyŏn is bordered to the north by Kwail and Songhwa , to the east by Samch'ŏn and T'aet'an , to the south by Ryongyŏn , and to the west by the Yellow Sea . Most of the land in Changyŏn is composed of flat plains, with mountains forming its borders. The highest point is Mt. Pult'a , at 609 meters (1,998 ft). Changyŏn county was created under the Yi dynasty . Chaeryŏng was briefly merged into
8-612: The Changyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway , which stops at Ragyŏn and Changyŏn stations . There is also a highway which runs through Changyŏn-ŭp. The county is divided into one town ( ŭp ), 1 Worker's District ( rodongjagu ) and 19 villages ( ri ). Kwail Kwail County is a kun , or county, in South Hwanghae province, North Korea . It faces the Yellow Sea to the west. The economy of
12-670: The county is based on the production of fruit. Kwail County was created in 1967 from part of Songhwa County, with the intention of making the entire cultivated area of the county into "100 li of blooming orchards". The name Kwail is a Korean word meaning "fruit," and doesn't correspond to any Chinese characters . This makes Kwail County one of the few counties in Korea whose name cannot be written in hanja ; for another such county, see Saebyŏl . Marshal Kim Jong Un visited Kwail county in September 2017. Forested land account for 44% of
16-401: The newly formed Hwanghae District in 1895 during an experimental redistricting, but was restored to its previous form in 1896. The county's current form was settled in the 1952 redistricting changes, when the entire south of the county was split away to form Ryongyŏn county. In 1956 it became part of South Hwanghae Province when the former Hwanghae Province was split. The county is served by
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