Chunggang County is a kun, or county, in northern Chagang province, North Korea. It was originally part of Huchang county in Ryanggang, and for that reason older sources still identify it as being part of Huchang. The county seat was originally known as Chunggangjin (중강진), but is now known as Chunggang ŭp. Chunggang looks across the Yalu River at China, and borders Ryanggang province to the south.
Chunggang County
중강군 | |
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| Korean transcription(s) | |
| • Hanja | 中江郡 |
| • McCune-Reischauer | Chunggang kun |
| • Revised Romanization | Junggang-gun |
 Map of Chagang showing the location of Chunggang | |
| Country | North Korea |
| Province | Chagang Province |
| Administrative divisions | 1 ŭp, 1 workers' district, 8 ri |
| Area | |
| • Total | 620 km2 (240 sq mi) |
| Population (2008[1]) | |
| • Total | 41,022 |
| • Density | 66/km2 (170/sq mi) |
The Chunggang Revolutionary Site is associated with Kim Hyŏng-jik.[2]
It has been reported that an Intermediate-range ballistic missile base was constructed in Chunggang in the early 1990s, and that its missiles are targeted at Okinawa.[3]
Administrative divisions
editChunggang County is divided into 1 ŭp (town), 1 rodongjagu (workers' district) and 8 ri (villages):
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Climate
editChunggang has a monsoon influenced humid continental climate (Köppen Climate Classification Dwa) with hot summers and severely cold winters. The climate features very large differences between summer and winter temperatures. On January 12, 1933, a temperature of -43 °C was recorded at Chunggangjin.[4] The average January temperature is -16.0 °C, with temperatures rising to a July average of 22.5 °C.
| Climate data for Chunggang (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1915–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 6.0 (42.8) |
12.0 (53.6) |
21.5 (70.7) |
31.0 (87.8) |
34.0 (93.2) |
36.1 (97.0) |
40.2 (104.4) |
39.0 (102.2) |
31.0 (87.8) |
28.1 (82.6) |
19.0 (66.2) |
10.2 (50.4) |
40.2 (104.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −7.5 (18.5) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
5.9 (42.6) |
15.2 (59.4) |
22.7 (72.9) |
26.5 (79.7) |
28.9 (84.0) |
28.2 (82.8) |
23.4 (74.1) |
15.6 (60.1) |
3.9 (39.0) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
13.0 (55.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −15.9 (3.4) |
−10.2 (13.6) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
7.7 (45.9) |
14.9 (58.8) |
19.6 (67.3) |
22.9 (73.2) |
21.8 (71.2) |
15.4 (59.7) |
7.3 (45.1) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
−12.6 (9.3) |
5.6 (42.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −22.8 (−9.0) |
−17.9 (−0.2) |
−7.4 (18.7) |
0.8 (33.4) |
8.0 (46.4) |
13.9 (57.0) |
18.3 (64.9) |
17.3 (63.1) |
9.7 (49.5) |
0.9 (33.6) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
−18.8 (−1.8) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −43.6 (−46.5) |
−36.1 (−33.0) |
−32.2 (−26.0) |
−12.8 (9.0) |
−5.2 (22.6) |
4.7 (40.5) |
9.0 (48.2) |
4.1 (39.4) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−13.2 (8.2) |
−30.0 (−22.0) |
−36.1 (−33.0) |
−43.6 (−46.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 4.8 (0.19) |
9.1 (0.36) |
17.4 (0.69) |
32.3 (1.27) |
62.7 (2.47) |
89.8 (3.54) |
172.7 (6.80) |
150.1 (5.91) |
60.8 (2.39) |
33.7 (1.33) |
27.5 (1.08) |
12.8 (0.50) |
673.7 (26.52) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.2 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 6.4 | 8.9 | 10.2 | 11.4 | 9.8 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 81.7 |
| Average snowy days | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 4.8 | 6.6 | 28.0 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 78.9 | 74.3 | 69.0 | 64.8 | 68.6 | 76.7 | 82.0 | 82.4 | 78.4 | 73.6 | 77.0 | 78.0 | 75.3 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 151 | 158 | 188 | 184 | 192 | 168 | 155 | 149 | 148 | 169 | 130 | 128 | 1,920 |
| Source 1: Korea Meteorological Administration[5] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Deutscher Wetterdienst (sun, 1961–1990),[6][7][a] Meteo Climat (extremes)[8] | |||||||||||||
Notes
edit- ^ Station ID for Chunggang is 47014 Use this station ID to locate the sunshine duration
References
edit- ^ North Korea: Administrative Division
- ^ "Junggang Revolutionary Site". KCNA. 9 July 2007. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014.
- ^ "Chunggang-up". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 2006-11-11.
- ^ Bukhan Yeonguso (1983), p. 49.
- ^ "30 years report of Meteorological Observations in North Korea (1991 ~ 2020)" (PDF) (in Korean). Korea Meteorological Administration. pp. 202, 270, and 343. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ "Klimatafel von Chunggang / Korea (Nordkorea)" (PDF). Baseline climate means (1961-1990) from stations all over the world (in German). Deutscher Wetterdienst. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 26, 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ^ "Station 47014 Chunggang". Global station data 1961–1990—Sunshine Duration. Deutscher Wetterdienst. Archived from the original on 2017-10-17. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ^ "Station Chunggang" (in French). Meteo Climat. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
See also
editReferences
edit- Bukhan Yeonguso (1983). 북한총람 [Bukhan chongram]. Seoul: Author.
External links
edit- Climatological data Archived 2006-05-21 at the Wayback Machine
- In Korean language online encyclopedias: