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title: "Munchon City (Kangwon): North Korea County Demographics & Abuses | Save North Korea"
description: "Munchon City in Kangwon: population 122,934, 2 documented human rights abuses, 0 detention facilities, and 2 official markets."
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[Counties](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties) · Kangwon · KP0402

 City in Kangwon 

# Munchon City

**122,934** people 2008 census, may be outdated 

**294** km² 418 people per km² 

**75%** live in towns 

**2** documented abuses NKDB 

**0** detention sites 

**2** official markets 

Munchon City · Kangwon

[ Open on the intel map](https://savenorthkorea.org/map#county=KP0402)[ Satellite view](https://savenorthkorea.org/map#county=KP0402&b=sat)[ Compare all 179 counties](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties)

## Seen from space

**13.3%** of the county lit at night in 2025 

8.9% 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 **1**
- Life **1**

## When they happened

1. **1** ’90s
2. **1** ’00s

## Women and men

**65,863** women (54%) **57,071** 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)
- [Kumgang 1 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/kumgang)
- [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)