Counties · North Pyongan · KP0618

County in North Pyongan

Thaechon

108,894people2008 census, may be outdated

782km²139 people per km²

28%live in towns

0documented abusesNKDB

0detention sites

2official markets

Thaechon · North Pyongan

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Seen from space

3.4% of the county lit at night in 2025

1.5% in 2013

The satellite product changed version in 2022 (dashed line). Annual VIIRS night lights, Earth Observation Group

Abuses by right violated

None recorded yet. In a closed country that usually means no witnesses from here have escaped, not that nothing happened.

Women and men

57,182 women (53%)51,712 men

Key sites here

© Esri, Maxar Missile & spaceSinpung-dong Missile Operating BaseActive
Approximately 27 kilometers from the China-North Korean border, the Sinpung-dong Missile Operating Base is an undeclared North Korean missile base.

Elsewhere in North Pyongan

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