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title: "Puryong (North Hamgyong): North Korea County Demographics & Abuses | Save North Korea"
description: "Puryong in North Hamgyong: population 48,958, 357 documented human rights abuses, 3 detention facilities, and 2 official markets."
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[Counties](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties) · North Hamgyong · KP0219

 County in North Hamgyong 

# Puryong

**48,958** people 2008 census, may be outdated 

**856** km² 57 people per km² 

**78%** live in towns 

**357** documented abuses NKDB 

**3** detention sites 

**2** official markets 

Puryong · North Hamgyong

[ Open on the intel map](https://savenorthkorea.org/map#county=KP0219)[ Satellite view](https://savenorthkorea.org/map#county=KP0219&b=sat)[ Compare all 179 counties](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties)

## Seen from space

**2.4%** of the county lit at night in 2025 

1.3% 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 **182**
- Accused, Detained, or Convicted **102**
- Life **59**
- Freedom of Belief & Expression **14**

## When they happened

1. **8** ’90s
2. **173** ’00s
3. **168** ’10s

## Women and men

**25,717** women (53%) **23,241** men 

## Prison camps here

- [ © Esri, Maxar **Kyohwaso No. 12, Chongori** 12호 전거리 교화소 · North Hamgyong Province Operating  \~2,300 Holds many people forcibly sent back from China after escaping. Testimony describes starvation and abuse, especially of women. ](https://savenorthkorea.org/camps/kyohwaso-12-chongori)

## 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)
- [Onsong 254 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/onsong)
- [Orang 7 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/orang)
- [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)