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title: "Rason City (North Hamgyong): North Korea County Demographics & Abuses | Save North Korea"
description: "Rason City in North Hamgyong: population 196,954, 16 documented human rights abuses, 5 detention facilities, and 4 official markets."
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[Counties](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties) · North Hamgyong · KP0201

 City in North Hamgyong 

# Rason City

**196,954** people 2008 census, may be outdated 

**888** km² 222 people per km² 

**80%** live in towns 

**16** documented abuses NKDB 

**5** detention sites 

**4** official markets 

Rason City · North Hamgyong

[ Open on the intel map](https://savenorthkorea.org/map#county=KP0201)[ Satellite view](https://savenorthkorea.org/map#county=KP0201&b=sat)[ Compare all 179 counties](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties)

## Seen from space

**11.3%** of the county lit at night in 2025 

6.3% 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 **9**
- Life **3**
- Accused, Detained, or Convicted **2**
- Freedom of Belief & Expression **1**
- Reproductive Rights **1**

## When they happened

1. **1** ’80s
2. **6** ’00s
3. **9** ’10s

## Women and men

**103,991** women (53%) **92,963** 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)
- [Onsong 254 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/onsong)
- [Orang 7 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/orang)
- [Puryong 357 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/puryong)
- [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)