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title: "Chongjin City (North Hamgyong): North Korea County Demographics & Abuses | Save North Korea"
description: "Chongjin City in North Hamgyong: population 667,929, 291 documented human rights abuses, 19 detention facilities, and 18 official markets."
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[Counties](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties) · North Hamgyong · KP0205

 City in North Hamgyong 

# Chongjin City

**667,929** people 2008 census, may be outdated 

**1,894** km² 353 people per km² 

**92%** live in towns 

**291** documented abuses NKDB 

**19** detention sites 

**18** official markets 

Chongjin City · North Hamgyong

[ Open on the intel map](https://savenorthkorea.org/map#county=KP0205)[ Satellite view](https://savenorthkorea.org/map#county=KP0205&b=sat)[ Compare all 179 counties](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties)

## Seen from space

**7.5%** of the county lit at night in 2025 

4.4% in 2013

The satellite product changed version in 2022 (dashed line). [Annual VIIRS night lights, Earth Observation Group](https://eogdata.mines.edu/products/vnl/)

## Abuses by right violated

- Individual Liberty & Dignity **176**
- Life **33**
- Survival **26**
- Accused, Detained, or Convicted **24**
- Freedom of Belief & Expression **16**
- Freedom of Movement & Residence **10**
- Reproductive Rights **6**

## When they happened

1. **2** ’60s
2. **5** ’70s
3. **3** ’80s
4. **29** ’90s
5. **167** ’00s
6. **55** ’10s

## Women and men

**350,030** women (52%) **317,899** men 

## Prison camps here

- [ © Esri, Maxar **Camp 25, Chongjin** 25호 청진 관리소 · North Hamgyong Province Operating, expanded in the 2010s  \~5,000 Political prison camp on the edge of Chongjin. Satellite imagery showed new guard posts and buildings in the 2010s. ](https://savenorthkorea.org/camps/kwanliso-25)

## Elsewhere in North Hamgyong

- [Hoeryong City 253 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/hoeryong)
- [Hwadae 3 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/hwadae)
- [Kilju 8 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/kilju)
- [Kim Chaek City 9 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/kim-chaek)
- [Kyonghung 5 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/kyonghung)
- [Kyongsong 10 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/kyongsong)
- [Kyongwon 34 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/kyongwon)
- [Musan 145 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/musan)
- [Myongchon ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/myongchon)
- [Myonggan 34 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/myonggan)
- [Onsong 254 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/onsong)
- [Orang 7 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/orang)
- [Puryong 357 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/puryong)
- [Rason City 16 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/rason)
- [Yonsa 19 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/yonsa)

## Sources

- [**UN OCHA administrative boundaries** data.humdata.org ↗ ](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-prk)
- [**2008 census (UNFPA)** data.humdata.org ↗ ](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ps-prk)
- [**NKDB Visual Atlas** visualatlas.org ↗ ](https://www.visualatlas.org)