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title: "Kangdong (Pyongyang): North Korea County Demographics & Abuses | Save North Korea"
description: "Kangdong in Pyongyang: population 221,539, 5 documented human rights abuses, 1 detention facilities, and 4 official markets."
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[Counties](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties) · Pyongyang · KP1023

 County in Pyongyang 

# Kangdong

**221,539** people 2008 census, may be outdated 

**575** km² 385 people per km² 

**72%** live in towns 

**5** documented abuses NKDB 

**1** detention sites 

**4** official markets 

Kangdong · Pyongyang

[ Open on the intel map](https://savenorthkorea.org/map#county=KP1023)[ Satellite view](https://savenorthkorea.org/map#county=KP1023&b=sat)[ Compare all 179 counties](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties)

## Seen from space

**22.4%** of the county lit at night in 2025 

9.3% 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 **3**
- Life **2**

## When they happened

1. **3** ’90s
2. **2** ’00s

## Women and men

**117,647** women (53%) **103,892** men 

## Prison camps here

- [ © Esri, Maxar **Kyo-hwa-so No. 8, Sungho-ri** 8호 승호리 교화소 · Pyongyang Operating  \~2,000  Coal mining ](https://savenorthkorea.org/camps/kyohwaso-8-sunghori)
- [ © Esri, Maxar **Kyo-hwa-so No. 4, Kangdong** 4호 강동 교화소 · Pyongyang City Operating  \~1,000  Limestone and cement production Kyo-hwa-so No. 4, Kangdong is located in Chael-kol on the eastern outskirts of Pyongyang close to South Pyongan Province. ](https://savenorthkorea.org/camps/kyohwaso-4-kangdong)

## Elsewhere in Pyongyang

- [Pyongyang 26 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/pyongyang)
- [Unjong Dist. ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/unjong-dist)

## 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)