Geography

Changyŏn is bordered to the north by Kwail

Kwail

Kwail is a kun, or county, in South Hwanghae province, North Korea. It faces the Yellow Sea to the west.The economy of 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...

 and Songhwa

Songhwa

Songhwa is a county in South Hwanghae province, North Korea.Joint a Pungchen at 1909 AD-poeple:*Pungchen Im clan*Im Kkok-jeong, leader of a peasant rebellion in Hwanghae Province...

, to the east by Samch'ŏn and T'aet'an, to the sough by Ryongyŏn

Ryongyon

Ryongyon is a county in western South Hwanghae province, North Korea. Its Yellow Sea coast is known for its natural beauty and as an important habitat for plants and birds...

, and to the west by the Yellow Sea

Yellow Sea

The Yellow Sea is the name given to the northern part of the East China Sea, which is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean. It is located between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula. Its name comes from the sand particles from Gobi Desert sand storms that turn the surface of the water golden...

. 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.

History

Changyŏn county was created under the Yi dynasty. Chaeryŏng was briefly merged into 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

Ryongyon

Ryongyon is a county in western South Hwanghae province, North Korea. Its Yellow Sea coast is known for its natural beauty and as an important habitat for plants and birds...

 county. In 1956 it became part of South Hwanghae Province when the former Hwanghae Province was split.

Transportation

The county is served by the Hwanghae Railway Line, which stops at Raksan and Changyon Stations. There is also a highway which runs through Changyŏn Town.

Divisions

The county is divided into one town (ŭp), 1 Worker's District (rodongjagu) and 19 villages (ri).

	Chosŏn'gŭl Hangul Hangul,Pronounced or ; Korean: 한글 Hangeul/Han'gŭl or 조선글 Chosŏn'gŭl/Joseongeul the Korean alphabet, is the native alphabet of the Korean language. It is a separate script from Hanja, the logographic Chinese characters which are also sometimes used to write Korean...	Hancha Hanja Hanja is the Korean name for the Chinese characters hanzi. More specifically, it refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated into the Korean language with Korean pronunciation...
Changyŏn Town	장연읍
Rakyŏn Worker's District	락연노동자
Ch'angp'a-ri	창파읍
Ch'ŏnggye-ri	청계읍
Ch'uhwa-ri	추화읍
Haean-ri	해안리
Hakrim-ri	학림리
Hwawŏn-ri	화원리
Kŭmsa-ri	금사리
Kwangch'ŏn-ri	광천리
Myŏngch'ŏn-ri	명천리
Nulsan-ri	눌산리
Paksan-ri	샘물리
Rakhung-ri	락흥리
Saemmul-ri	산천리
Samsan-ri	삼산리
Sanch'ŏn-ri	산천리
Sansu-ri	산수리
Sema-ri	세마리
Sŏkjang-ri	석장리
Sŏnjŏng-ri	선정리

People born in Changyŏn

• Ro Ch'ŏn-myŏng (1912-1957), poet
• Ryu Kyŏng-hwan (1936-???), poet

See also

• Sinchon Massacre
  Sinchon Massacre
  The Sinchon Massacre was an alleged mass murder of civilians, communist sympathizers and North Korean loyalists in the autumn of 1950, in or near the town of Sinchon, during the outbreak of the Korean War. Sinchon is currently located in South Hwanghae province, North Korea...
  
  
• No Gun Ri
  No Gun Ri
  No Gun Ri is a village in Hwanggan-myeon, Yeongdong County, North Chungcheong Province in central South Korea. The village was the site of the No Gun Ri Massacre during the Korean War in which U.S...
  
  
• Geography of North Korea
  Geography of North Korea
  North Korea is located in east Asia on the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. North Korea shares a border with three states, including China along the Amnok River, Russia along the Duman River, and South Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone...
  
  
• Administrative divisions of North Korea
  Administrative divisions of North Korea
  The administrative divisions of North Korea are organized into three hierarchical levels. Many of the units have equivalents in the system of South Korea. At the highest level are nine provinces, two directly governed cities, and three special administrative divisions. The second-level divisions...