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title: "Sangwon (North Hwanghae): North Korea County Demographics & Abuses | Save North Korea"
description: "Sangwon in North Hwanghae: population 92,831, 1 documented human rights abuses, 1 detention facilities, and 2 official markets."
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[Counties](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties) · North Hwanghae · KP0822

 County in North Hwanghae 

# Sangwon

**92,831** people 2008 census, may be outdated 

**607** km² 153 people per km² 

**39%** live in towns 

**1** documented abuses NKDB 

**1** detention sites 

**2** official markets 

Sangwon · North Hwanghae

[ Open on the intel map](https://savenorthkorea.org/map#county=KP0822)[ Satellite view](https://savenorthkorea.org/map#county=KP0822&b=sat)[ Compare all 179 counties](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties)

## Seen from space

**12.0%** of the county lit at night in 2025 

4.8% 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

- Life **1**

## When they happened

1. **1** ’10s

## Women and men

**49,810** women (54%) **43,021** men 

## Elsewhere in North Hwanghae

- [Hwangju 4 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/hwangju)
- [Jangphung ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/jangphung)
- [Junghwa ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/junghwa)
- [Kaesong City 4 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/kaesong)
- [Kangnam ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/kangnam)
- [Koksan 1 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/koksan)
- [Kumchon ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/kumchon)
- [Phyongsan ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/phyongsan)
- [Pongsan 14 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/pongsan)
- [Rinsan 2 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/rinsan)
- [Sariwon City 1 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/sariwon)
- [Sinkye ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/sinkye)
- [Sinphyong ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/sinphyong)
- [Sohung ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/sohung)
- [Songrim City ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/songrim)
- [Suan ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/suan)
- [Thosan 1 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/thosan)
- [Unpha 1 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/unpha)
- [Yonsan ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/yonsan)
- [Yonthan ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/yonthan)

## 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)