{{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> | name = Sudong County | translit_lang1 = Korean | translit_lang1_type = Hangul | translit_lang1_info = 수동군 | translit_lang1_type1 = Hanja | translit_lang1_info1 = 水洞郡 | translit_lang1_type2 = {{nowrap|Revised Romanization}} | translit_lang1_info2 = Sudong-gun | translit_lang1_type3 = {{nowrap|McCune–Reischauer}} | translit_lang1_info3 = Sudong kun | translit_lang2 = | translit_lang2_type = Hangul | translit_lang2_info = | translit_lang2_type1 = Hanja | translit_lang2_info1 = | translit_lang2_type2 = {{nowrap|Revised Romanization}} | translit_lang2_info2 = | translit_lang2_type3 = {{nowrap|McCune–Reischauer}} | translit_lang2_info3 = | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_map = DPRK2006 Hamnam-Sudong.PNG | mapsize = | map_caption = Map of South Hamgyong showing the location of Sudong | pushpin_map = <!-- name of a location map, can be North Korea, South Korea or South Korea Seoul --> | pushpin_label_position = <!-- position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> | pushpin_label = <!-- only necessary if "name" or "official_name" are too long --> | coordinates = | coor_pinpoint = <!-- to specify exact location of coordinates (was coor_type) --> | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = North Korea | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = South Hamgyong | seat_type = Capital | seat = | parts_type = Administrative divisions | parts_style = para | p1 = 6 ''dong'', 14 ''ri'' | government_type = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 783.4 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = <ref>[https://www.citypopulation.de/en/northkorea/admin/ North Korea: Administrative Division]</ref> | population_total = 95,716 | population_as_of = 2008 | population_density_km2 = auto | blank_name_sec1 = Dialect | blank_info_sec1 = | footnotes = }} '''Sudong County''' is a county in South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea. It was formed from part of Kowŏn County in December 1990.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2006-11-08|url=http://nk.chosun.com/map/map.html?ACT=geo_03|title=행정구역 개편 일지|work=NKChosun.com|date=2006-04-05|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061102025933/http://nk.chosun.com/map/map.html?ACT=geo_03|archivedate=2006-11-02}} See also [https://archive.today/20120701165229/http://100.naver.com/100.nhn?docid=745804 고원군의 연혁]</ref>
Sudong is the site of a major coal seam first discovered in 1918.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2006-11-08|url=http://100.naver.com/100.nhn?dir_id=1301030720&docid=755949|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710054028/http://100.naver.com/100.nhn?dir_id=1301030720&docid=755949|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 10, 2012|script-title=ko:고원-문천탄전|publisher=Doosan Encyclopedia/Naver|language=Korean}}</ref> The P'yŏngra Line of the Korean State Railway passes through the district.
==Administrative divisions== Sudong is divided into 6 ''dong'' (neighbourhoods) and 14 ''ri'' (villages):
{| |- | valign="top" | * Changdong-dong * Palhŭng-dong * Sudong-dong * Tŏksa-dong * Un'gok-dong * Wŏn'gŏ-dong * Changryang-ri * Chukchŏl-ri * Ch'ŏnsŏng-ri * Ch'ŏn'ŭl-ri | valign="top" | * Ch'ukchŏl-ri * Hoep'yŏng-ri * Ryongp'yŏng-ri * Samp'yŏng-ri * Sangong-ri * Sŏngnae-ri * Sŏngnam-ri * Susal-ri * Unhŭng-ri * Unsal-ri |}
== Transportation == Sudong-gu has a trolleybus line opened in 1979 running within this district,<ref>{{Cite web|title=민추본|url=http://www.unikorea.or.kr/sub/sub6_4.html?mode=view&code=h2b_jidaebang&uid=21.00&pnt=2&g=&lm=|access-date=2021-02-22|website=www.unikorea.or.kr}}</ref> linking residential areas to Kowon mine.<ref>{{Cite web|title=북한지역정보넷|url=http://www.cybernk.net/infoText/InfoHumanCultureDetail.aspx?mc=CC0303&sc=A32020002&tid=CC020300008182&direct=1&direct=1|access-date=2021-02-22|website=www.cybernk.net}}</ref> The line opened in 1979, with a number of second hand Chollima 9.11 trolleybuses used to serve the line initially.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Обзор транспорта Северной Кореи|url=http://www.gruzovikpress.ru/article/9496-obzor-transporta-severnoy-korei-passajirskie-kolesa-phenyana/|access-date=2021-04-20|website=www.gruzovikpress.ru}}</ref> The line appears to no longer have any trolleybuses.
Kowon Tangwang Line runs to this district from Tunjon station, serving the colliery.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Kokubu|first1=Hayato|title=Shōgun sama no tetsudō : Kitachōsen tetsudō jijō|last2=国分隼人|date=2007|publisher=Shinchōsha|isbn=978-4-10-303731-6|location=Tōkyō|oclc=140100407}}</ref>
==See also== *Geography of North Korea *Administrative divisions of North Korea *South Hamgyong
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