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Taedong County 대동군
County
Korean transcription(s)
• Chosŏn'gŭl	대동군
• Hancha	大同郡
• McCune-Reischauer	Taedong-gun
• Revised Romanization	Daedong-gun
Map of South Pyongan showing the location of Taedong
Country	North Korea
Province	South P'yŏngan
Administrative divisions	1 ŭp, 1 workers' district, 21 ri
Area
• Total	300 km (100 sq mi)
Population
• Total	129,761
• Density	430/km (1,100/sq mi)

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

Administrative divisions

Taedong County is divided into 1 ŭp (town), 1 rodongjagu (workers' districts) and 21 ri (villages):

Notable people

• Hwang Sun-wŏn (1915–2000), was a Korean short story writer, novelist, and poet
• Kim Nae-sung (1909–1957), Korean writer

References

1. Korean Central Bureau of Statistics: 2008 Population Census Archived 2010-03-31 at the Wayback Machine (Population 2008, published in 2009)
2. "황순원" biographical PDF available at LTI Korea Library or online at: "Author Database - Korea Literature Translation Institute". Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved September 3, 2013.

External links

• (in English) Map of Pyongan provinces Archived 2012-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
• (in Korean) Detailed map

v t e South P'yŏngan Province
Capital	P'yŏngsŏng
Cities	Anju Kaech'ŏn P'yŏngsŏng Sunch'ŏn Tŏkch'ŏn
Districts	Ch'ŏngnam Tŭkchang Ungok
Counties	Chungsan Hoech'ang Maengsan Mundŏk Nyŏngwŏn Pukch'ang P'yŏngwŏn Sinyang Sŏngch'ŏn Sukch'ŏn Taedong Taehŭng Ŭnsan Yangdŏk

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