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title: "Sakju (North Pyongan): North Korea County Demographics & Abuses | Save North Korea"
description: "Sakju in North Pyongan: population 159,707, 1 documented human rights abuses, 1 detention facilities, and 4 official markets."
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[Counties](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties) · North Pyongan · KP0621

 County in North Pyongan 

# Sakju

**159,707** people 2008 census, may be outdated 

**776** km² 206 people per km² 

**75%** live in towns 

**1** documented abuses NKDB 

**1** detention sites 

**4** official markets 

Sakju · North Pyongan

[ Open on the intel map](https://savenorthkorea.org/map#county=KP0621)[ Satellite view](https://savenorthkorea.org/map#county=KP0621&b=sat)[ Compare all 179 counties](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties)

## Seen from space

**9.4%** of the county lit at night in 2025 

5.0% 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** ’10s

## Women and men

**83,916** women (53%) **75,791** men 

## Elsewhere in North Pyongan

- [Changsong ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/changsong)
- [Cholsan 3 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/cholsan)
- [Chonma ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/chonma)
- [Hyangsan ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/hyangsan)
- [Jongju City ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/jongju)
- [Kujang ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/kujang)
- [Kusong City ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/kusong)
- [Kwaksan ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/kwaksan)
- [Nyongbyon ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/nyongbyon)
- [Pakchon ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/pakchon)
- [Phihyon ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/phihyon)
- [Pyokdong ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/pyokdong)
- [Ryongchon ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/ryongchon)
- [Sindo 1 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/sindo)
- [Sinuiju City 84 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/sinuiju)
- [Sonchon ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/sonchon)
- [Taegwan ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/taegwan)
- [Thaechon ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/thaechon)
- [Tongchang ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/tongchang)
- [Tongrim 3 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/tongrim)
- [Uiju 4 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/uiju)
- [Unjon ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/unjon)
- [Unsan ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/unsan-north-pyongan)
- [Yomju 1 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/yomju)

## 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)