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title: "Kanggye City (Jagang): North Korea County Demographics & Abuses | Save North Korea"
description: "Kanggye City in Jagang: population 251,971, 9 documented human rights abuses, 4 detention facilities, and 2 official markets."
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[Counties](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties) · Jagang · KP0501

 City in Jagang 

# Kanggye City

**251,971** people 2008 census, may be outdated 

**272** km² 926 people per km² 

**100%** live in towns 

**9** documented abuses NKDB 

**4** detention sites 

**2** official markets 

Kanggye City · Jagang

[ Open on the intel map](https://savenorthkorea.org/map#county=KP0501)[ Satellite view](https://savenorthkorea.org/map#county=KP0501&b=sat)[ Compare all 179 counties](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties)

## Seen from space

**19.3%** 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 **3**
- Individual Liberty & Dignity **3**
- Accused, Detained, or Convicted **3**

## When they happened

1. **3** ’00s
2. **5** ’10s

## Women and men

**131,666** women (52%) **120,305** men 

## Prison camps here

- [ © Esri, Maxar **Kyo-hwa-so No. 7, Kanggye** 7호 강계 교화소 · Chagang Province Operating ](https://savenorthkorea.org/camps/kyohwaso-7-kanggye)

## Elsewhere in Jagang

- [Chosan ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/chosan)
- [Huichon City 1 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/huichon)
- [Hwaphyong ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/hwaphyong)
- [Janggang ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/janggang)
- [Jasong ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/jasong)
- [Jonchon ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/jonchon)
- [Junggang ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/junggang)
- [Kophung ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/kophung)
- [Manpho City 10 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/manpho)
- [Rangrim 1 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/rangrim)
- [Ryongrim ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/ryongrim)
- [Sijung ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/sijung)
- [Songgan 2 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/songgan)
- [Songwon ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/songwon)
- [Tongsin ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/tongsin)
- [Usi ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/usi)
- [Wiwon ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/wiwon)

## 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)