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title: "Onchon (Nampo): North Korea County Demographics & Abuses | Save North Korea"
description: "Onchon in Nampo: population 149,851, 3 documented human rights abuses, 2 detention facilities, and 6 official markets."
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[Counties](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties) · Nampo · KP1103

 County in Nampo 

# Onchon

**149,851** people 2008 census, may be outdated 

**318** km² 471 people per km² 

**56%** live in towns 

**3** documented abuses NKDB 

**2** detention sites 

**6** official markets 

Onchon · Nampo

[ Open on the intel map](https://savenorthkorea.org/map#county=KP1103)[ Satellite view](https://savenorthkorea.org/map#county=KP1103&b=sat)[ Compare all 179 counties](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties)

## Seen from space

**9.8%** of the county lit at night in 2025 

2.2% 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

- Accused, Detained, or Convicted **2**
- Individual Liberty & Dignity **1**

## When they happened

1. **3** ’10s

## Women and men

**78,615** women (52%) **71,236** men 

## Elsewhere in Nampo

- [Chollima 1 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/chollima)
- [Kangso 3 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/kangso)
- [Nampo City ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/nampo)
- [Ryonggang ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/ryonggang)
- [Taean ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/taean)

## 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)