- Unhung
Infobox Korean settlement
context=north
hangul=운흥군
hanja=linktext|雲|興|郡
rr=Unheung-gun
mr=Unhng kun
divs=1 "p", 9 workers' districts, 11 "ri"
pop=100000
popyear=1991
popnote=(est.)
area_km2=934Unhung is a "kun", or county, in
Ryanggang province,North Korea . It was created following thedivision of Korea from portions ofHyesan andKapsan .Unhung lies on the southwest edge of the Paektu lava plateau, among the
Paektu Mountains . The highest of its many peaks isTaegakbong . The chief streams are theUnchong River (운총강),Osichon (오시천), andTaedongchon (대동천). Some 86% of the county's area is forested.There is relatively little agriculture, except for dry-field farms producing potatoes, wheat, and soybeans. Logging is the chief industry, with lumber processing the dominant form of manufacturing. There are also mines, extracting the local deposits of copper, iron sulfide, lead,
kaolin , and tungsten.Unhung is served by road and rail; railroads passing through the county include the
Paektusan Youth Line .ee also
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Geography of North Korea
*Administrative divisions of North Korea
*Ryanggang External links
*baekgwa|empas_b=175755|empas_k=268265|naver=119803|nate=16657600|
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