Kwail County Explained

Kwail County
Native Name Lang:ko
Settlement Type:County
Translit Lang1:Korean
Translit Lang1 Type1:Hanja
Translit Lang1 Info1:과일郡
Translit Lang1 Info2:Kwail-kun
Translit Lang1 Info3:Gwail-gun
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:North Korea
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:South Hwanghae Province
Area Total Km2:374
Population As Of:2008 est.
Population Total:89,895
Parts Type:Administrative divisions
Parts:1 ŭp, 24 ri

Kwail County 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 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.[1]

Geography

Forested land account for 44% of the land.[2]

Administrative divisions

Kwail county is divided into 1 ŭp (town) and 24 ri (villages):[3]

  • Kwail-ŭp
  • Changam-ri
  • Ch'ŏngryong-ri
  • Ch'ŏnnam-ri
  • Nonbŏl-li
  • Ojŏng-ri
  • Pukch'ang-ri
  • P'ogu-ri
  • P'unghae-ri
  • Ryonghang-ri
  • Ryul-li
  • Sagi-ri
  • Sansu-ri
  • Se'gyo-ri
  • Sindae-ri
  • Sinp'yŏng-ri
  • Sŏkto-ri
  • Songgong-ri
  • Sup'ung-ri
  • Tŏg'al-li
  • Tŏkchŏng-ri
  • Unsal-li
  • Wŏlsa-ri
  • Yŏmjŏl-li
  • Yŏnggwang-ri

Transportation

Kwail county is served by the Ŭllyul Line of the Korean State Railway.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: '말폭탄 대장' 김정은이 사과농장서 함박웃음 지은 까닭은. Joongang Ilbo. 2017-09-25.
  2. Web site: 과일군. doopedia.
  3. Web site: 과일군. Encyclopedia of Korean Culture.