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title: "Myonggan (North Hamgyong): North Korea County Demographics & Abuses | Save North Korea"
description: "Myonggan in North Hamgyong: population 99,557, 34 documented human rights abuses, 3 detention facilities, and 2 official markets."
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[Counties](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties) · North Hamgyong · KP0214

 County in North Hamgyong 

# Myonggan

**99,557** people 2008 census, may be outdated 

**1,202** km² 83 people per km² 

**50%** live in towns 

**34** documented abuses NKDB 

**3** detention sites 

**2** official markets 

Myonggan · North Hamgyong

[ Open on the intel map](https://savenorthkorea.org/map#county=KP0214)[ Satellite view](https://savenorthkorea.org/map#county=KP0214&b=sat)[ Compare all 179 counties](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties)

## Seen from space

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

0.47% 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 **29**
- Life **4**
- Freedom of Belief & Expression **1**

## When they happened

1. **5** ’90s
2. **8** ’00s
3. **7** ’10s

## Women and men

**52,827** women (53%) **46,730** men 

## Prison camps here

- [ © Esri, Maxar **Camp 16, Hwasong** 16호 화성 관리소 · North Hamgyong Province Operating  \~20,000 The largest known political prison camp, a few km from the Punggye-ri nuclear test site. Tens of thousands of prisoners estimated. ](https://savenorthkorea.org/camps/kwanliso-16)

## Elsewhere in North Hamgyong

- [Chongjin City 291 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/chongjin)
- [Hoeryong City 253 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/hoeryong)
- [Hwadae 3 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/hwadae)
- [Kilju 8 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/kilju)
- [Kim Chaek City 9 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/kim-chaek)
- [Kyonghung 5 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/kyonghung)
- [Kyongsong 10 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/kyongsong)
- [Kyongwon 34 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/kyongwon)
- [Musan 145 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/musan)
- [Myongchon ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/myongchon)
- [Onsong 254 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/onsong)
- [Orang 7 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/orang)
- [Puryong 357 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/puryong)
- [Rason City 16 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/rason)
- [Yonsa 19 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/yonsa)

## 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)