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title: "Kumgang (Kangwon): North Korea County Demographics & Abuses | Save North Korea"
description: "Kumgang in Kangwon: population 54,211, 1 documented human rights abuses, 0 detention facilities, and 1 official markets."
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[Counties](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties) · Kangwon · KP0407

 County in Kangwon 

# Kumgang

**54,211** people 2008 census, may be outdated 

**986** km² 55 people per km² 

**22%** live in towns 

**1** documented abuses NKDB 

**0** detention sites 

**1** official markets 

Kumgang · Kangwon

[ Open on the intel map](https://savenorthkorea.org/map#county=KP0407)[ Satellite view](https://savenorthkorea.org/map#county=KP0407&b=sat)[ Compare all 179 counties](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties)

## Seen from space

**2.5%** of the county lit at night in 2025 

2.5% 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 **1**

## When they happened

1. **1** ’90s

## Women and men

**28,533** women (53%) **25,678** men 

## Elsewhere in Kangwon

- [Anbyon ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/anbyon)
- [Changdo ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/changdo)
- [Cholwon ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/cholwon)
- [Chonnae 12 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/chonnae)
- [Hoeyang ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/hoeyang)
- [Ichon ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/ichon)
- [Kimhwa ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/kimhwa)
- [Kosan ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/kosan)
- [Kosong ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/kosong)
- [Munchon City 2 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/munchon)
- [Phangyo ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/phangyo)
- [Phyonggang ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/phyonggang)
- [Popdong ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/popdong)
- [Sepho ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/sepho)
- [Thongchon ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/thongchon)
- [Wonsan City 16 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/wonsan)

## 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)