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Pukchang County

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Country
  
North Korea

Province
  
South Pyongan

Pukchang County

Administrative divisions
  
1 ŭp, 4 workers' districts, 21 ri

Pukch'ang County is a kun (county) in South P'yŏngan province, North Korea.

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In this county is the country's largest power station- Pukchang coal power station - with a production capacity of up to 1600 MW.

Administrative Divisions

The district is split into 1 ŭp (town), 4 rodongjagu (worker districts) and 21 ri (villages):

Prison Camp

Political Prison Camp No. 18 is a large prison labour colony in the western part of the county at the banks of Taedong River. Many of the 50000 prisoners are forced to work in coal mines.

References

Pukchang County Wikipedia