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title: "Onsong (North Hamgyong): North Korea County Demographics & Abuses | Save North Korea"
description: "Onsong in North Hamgyong: population 127,893, 254 documented human rights abuses, 7 detention facilities, and 2 official markets."
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[Counties](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties) · North Hamgyong · KP0220

 County in North Hamgyong 

# Onsong

**127,893** people 2008 census, may be outdated 

**476** km² 269 people per km² 

**72%** live in towns 

**254** documented abuses NKDB 

**7** detention sites 

**2** official markets 

Onsong · North Hamgyong

[ Open on the intel map](https://savenorthkorea.org/map#county=KP0220)[ Satellite view](https://savenorthkorea.org/map#county=KP0220&b=sat)[ Compare all 179 counties](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties)

## Seen from space

**8.5%** of the county lit at night in 2025 

4.9% 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

- Individual Liberty & Dignity **134**
- Survival **49**
- Freedom of Belief & Expression **17**
- Accused, Detained, or Convicted **16**
- Freedom of Movement & Residence **15**
- Reproductive Rights **11**
- Life **10**

## When they happened

1. **1** ’60s
2. **5** ’70s
3. **1** ’80s
4. **13** ’90s
5. **168** ’00s
6. **54** ’10s

## Women and men

**66,988** women (52%) **60,905** men 

## 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)
- [Myonggan 34 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/myonggan)
- [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)