Kangnam-gun
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Kangnam-gun is a county of North Hwanghae province, formerly one of the four suburban counties of Pyongyang
Pyongyang
Pyongyang is the capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, commonly known as North Korea, and the largest city in the country. Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River and, according to preliminary results from the 2008 population census, has a population of 3,255,388. The city was...

, North Korea. It is north-west of Songrim
Songrim
Songrim is a city on the Taedong River in North Hwanghae Province, North Korea. It had a population of 100,000 in 1991.The city was originally named Solme. Iron works began to be developed during the Japanese colonial period of Korea. Before Korean independence Songrim was known as Kyŏmip'o .It...

, north-east of Hwangju
Hwangju
-Geography:Hwangju is bordered to the northwest by Sariwŏn, to the northeast by Songrim and Kangnam, to the southwest by Yŏnt'an, to the south by Pongsan, and to the southeast by Ŭnch'ŏn-History:...

 County, west of Chunghwa County, and south of Nakrang-guyok, Pyongyang
Pyongyang
Pyongyang is the capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, commonly known as North Korea, and the largest city in the country. Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River and, according to preliminary results from the 2008 population census, has a population of 3,255,388. The city was...

. It is the location of cooperative farms and smaller industrial complexes. It became part of Pyongyang
Pyongyang
Pyongyang is the capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, commonly known as North Korea, and the largest city in the country. Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River and, according to preliminary results from the 2008 population census, has a population of 3,255,388. The city was...

 in May 1963, when it was separated from South P'yŏngan. 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.

Divisions

The county is divided into one town (up), and 18 'ri' (villages).
  • Kangnam-up
    강남읍/
  • Changgyo-ri
    장교리/
  • Isan-ri
    이산리/
  • Kanchon-ri
    간천리/
  • Kochon-ri
    고천리/
  • Koup-ri
    고읍리/
  • Majong-ri
    마정리/
  • Munam-ri
    문암리/
  • Ryonggok-ri
    룡곡리/
  • Ryonggyo-ri
    룡교리/
  • Ryongpo-ri
    룡포리/
  • Ryupo-ri
    류포리/
  • Sangam-ri
    상암리/
  • Sinhung-ri
    신흥리/
  • Sinjong-ri
    신정리/
  • Sokho-ri
    석호리/
  • Tanggok-ri
    당곡리/
  • Tongjong-ri
    동정리/
  • Yongjin-ri
    영진리/
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