Taedong County

{{Infobox settlement  | name = Taedong County | native_name = {{nobold|대동군}} | native_name_lang = ko | settlement_type = County |translit_lang1_type = Chosŏn'gŭl |translit_lang1_info = 대동군 | translit_lang1 = Korean | translit_lang1_type1 = Hancha | translit_lang1_info1 = {{linktext|大|同|郡}} | translit_lang1_type2 = {{nowrap|McCune-Reischauer}} | translit_lang1_info2 = Taedong-gun | translit_lang1_type3 = {{nowrap|Revised Romanization}} | translit_lang1_info3 = Daedong-gun | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_alt = | image_seal = | seal_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = DPRK2006 Pyongnam-Daedong.PNG | map_alt = | map_caption = Map of South Pyongan showing the location of Taedong | pushpin_map = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = North Korea | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = South P'yŏngan | established_title = | established_date = | founder = | seat_type = | seat = | government_footnotes = | leader_party = | leader_title = | leader_name = | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 300 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 129761 | population_as_of = 2008<ref>[http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sources/census/2010_PHC/North_Korea/Final%20national%20census%20report.pdf Korean Central Bureau of Statistics: 2008 Population Census] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331091148/http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sources/census/2010_PHC/North_Korea/Final%20national%20census%20report.pdf |date=2010-03-31 }} (Population 2008, published in 2009)</ref> | population_density_km2 = auto | parts_type = Administrative divisions | parts = 1 ''ŭp'', 1 workers' district, 21 ''ri'' }}

'''Taedong County''' is a ''kun'' (county) in South P'yŏngan province, North Korea.

==Administrative divisions== Taedong County is divided into 1 ''ŭp'' (town), 1 ''rodongjagu'' (workers' districts) and 21 ''ri'' (villages):

{| |- | valign="top" | * Taedong-ŭp (대동읍) * Sijŏng-rodongjagu (시정로동자구) * Changsal-li (장산리) * Chungsŏng-ri (중석화리) * Haksu-ri (학수리) * Kajang-ri (가장리) * Kosal-li (고산리) * Kŭmjŏng-ri (금정리) * Masal-li (마산리) * Ogŭm-ri (오금리) * Pansŏng-ri (반석리) * P'alch'ŏl-li (팔청리) | valign="top" | * P'an'gyo-ri (판교리) * Sangsŏ-ri (상서리) * Sŏje-ri (서제리) * Sŏngch'il-li (성칠리) * Sŏngsam-ri (성삼리) * Sunhwa-ri (순화리) * Tŏkch'ol-li (덕촌리) * Tŏkhwa-ri (덕화리) * Wau-ri (와우리) * Wŏnch'ŏl-li (원천리) * Yŏnggong-ri (연곡리) |}

==Notable people== * Hwang Sun-wŏn (1915–2000), was a Korean short story writer, novelist, and poet<ref>"황순원" biographical PDF available at LTI Korea Library or online at: {{cite web|url=http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do# |title=Author Database - Korea Literature Translation Institute |accessdate=September 3, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055413/http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do |archivedate=September 21, 2013}}</ref> * Kim Nae-sung (1909–1957), Korean writer

== References == <references />

==External links== * {{in lang|en}} [http://www1.korea-np.co.jp/pk/087th_issue/99032502.htm Map of Pyongan provinces] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311044625/http://www1.korea-np.co.jp/pk/087th_issue/99032502.htm |date=2012-03-11 }} * {{in lang|ko}} [http://nk.joins.com/map/i054.htm Detailed map]

Category:Counties of South Pyongan Province