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title: "Pukchong (South Hamgyong): North Korea County Demographics & Abuses | Save North Korea"
description: "Pukchong in South Hamgyong: population 161,886, 1 documented human rights abuses, 1 detention facilities, and 3 official markets."
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[Counties](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties) · South Hamgyong · KP0321

 County in South Hamgyong 

# Pukchong

**161,886** people 2008 census, may be outdated 

**696** km² 233 people per km² 

**38%** live in towns 

**1** documented abuses NKDB 

**1** detention sites 

**3** official markets 

Pukchong · South Hamgyong

[ Open on the intel map](https://savenorthkorea.org/map#county=KP0321)[ Satellite view](https://savenorthkorea.org/map#county=KP0321&b=sat)[ Compare all 179 counties](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties)

## Seen from space

**3.0%** of the county lit at night in 2025 

0.82% 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

- Freedom of Belief & Expression **1**

## When they happened

1. **1** ’00s

## Women and men

**86,399** women (53%) **75,487** men 

## Prison camps here

- [ © Esri, Maxar **Facility at I-gol** 이골 수용 시설 · South Hamgyong Province Operating ](https://savenorthkorea.org/camps/facility-at-i-gol)

## Elsewhere in South Hamgyong

- [Hamhung City 84 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/hamhung)
- [Hamju ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/hamju)
- [Hochon 2 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/hochon)
- [Hongwon 4 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/hongwon)
- [Jangjin ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/jangjin)
- [Jongphyong 4 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/jongphyong)
- [Kowon 2 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/kowon)
- [Kumho ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/kumho)
- [Kumya ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/kumya)
- [Pujon ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/pujon)
- [Rakwon ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/rakwon)
- [Riwon 4 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/riwon)
- [Sinhung ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/sinhung)
- [Sinpho City 1 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/sinpho)
- [Sudong ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/sudong)
- [Tanchon City 17 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/tanchon)
- [Toksong 32 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/toksong)
- [Yodok 300 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/yodok)
- [Yonggwang 14 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/yonggwang)

## 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)