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title: "Haeju City (South Hwanghae): North Korea County Demographics & Abuses | Save North Korea"
description: "Haeju City in South Hwanghae: population 273,300, 5 documented human rights abuses, 1 detention facilities, and 4 official markets."
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[Counties](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties) · South Hwanghae · KP0901

 City in South Hwanghae 

# Haeju City

**273,300** people 2008 census, may be outdated 

**229** km² 1193 people per km² 

**88%** live in towns 

**5** documented abuses NKDB 

**1** detention sites 

**4** official markets 

Haeju City · South Hwanghae

[ Open on the intel map](https://savenorthkorea.org/map#county=KP0901)[ Satellite view](https://savenorthkorea.org/map#county=KP0901&b=sat)[ Compare all 179 counties](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties)

## Seen from space

**29.1%** of the county lit at night in 2025 

15.7% 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

- Life **2**
- Freedom of Belief & Expression **2**
- Survival **1**

## When they happened

1. **2** ’90s
2. **1** ’00s
3. **2** ’10s

## Women and men

**141,746** women (52%) **131,554** men 

## Elsewhere in South Hwanghae

- [Anak ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/anak)
- [Chongdan 1 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/chongdan)
- [Jaerong ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/jaerong)
- [Jangyon ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/jangyon)
- [Kangryong 2 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/kangryong)
- [Kwail ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/kwail)
- [Ongjin ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/ongjin)
- [Paechon 1 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/paechon)
- [Pongchon ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/pongchon)
- [Pyoksong ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/pyoksong)
- [Ryongyon ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/ryongyon)
- [Samchon ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/samchon)
- [Sinchon 1 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/sinchon)
- [Sinwon ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/sinwon)
- [Songhwa ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/songhwa)
- [Thaethan ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/thaethan)
- [Unchon ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/unchon)
- [Unryul ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/unryul)
- [Yonan ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/yonan)

## 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)