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title: "Hochon (South Hamgyong): North Korea County Demographics & Abuses | Save North Korea"
description: "Hochon in South Hamgyong: population 104,731, 2 documented human rights abuses, 0 detention facilities, and 1 official markets."
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[Counties](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties) · South Hamgyong · KP0324

 County in South Hamgyong 

# Hochon

**104,731** people 2008 census, may be outdated 

**1,675** km² 63 people per km² 

**65%** live in towns 

**2** documented abuses NKDB 

**0** detention sites 

**1** official markets 

Hochon · South Hamgyong

[ Open on the intel map](https://savenorthkorea.org/map#county=KP0324)[ Satellite view](https://savenorthkorea.org/map#county=KP0324&b=sat)[ Compare all 179 counties](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties)

## Seen from space

**3.9%** of the county lit at night in 2025 

0.68% 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

- Survival **2**

## When they happened

1. **2** ’00s

## Women and men

**55,432** women (53%) **49,299** men 

## Key sites here

- [ © Esri, Maxar  Missile & space **Sangnam-ni Missile Operating Base** Active Located 250 kilometers north of the DMZ, Sangnam-ni missile operating base is an operational missile base that houses a battalion- or regiment-sized unit equipped… ](https://savenorthkorea.org/places/sangnam-ni)

## Elsewhere in South Hamgyong

- [Hamhung City 84 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/hamhung)
- [Hamju ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/hamju)
- [Hongwon 4 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/hongwon)
- [Jangjin ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/jangjin)
- [Jongphyong 4 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/jongphyong)
- [Kowon 2 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/kowon)
- [Kumho ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/kumho)
- [Kumya ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/kumya)
- [Pujon ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/pujon)
- [Pukchong 1 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/pukchong)
- [Rakwon ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/rakwon)
- [Riwon 4 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/riwon)
- [Sinhung ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/sinhung)
- [Sinpho City 1 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/sinpho)
- [Sudong ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/sudong)
- [Tanchon City 17 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/tanchon)
- [Toksong 32 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/toksong)
- [Yodok 300 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/yodok)
- [Yonggwang 14 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/yonggwang)

## 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)