Taehongdan County

Taehongdan County 대홍단군
County
Korean transcription(s)
• Chosŏn'gŭl	대홍단군
• Hancha	大紅湍郡
• McCune-Reischauer	Taehongdan-gun
• Revised Romanization	Daehongdan-gun
Map of Ryanggang showing the location of Taehongdan
Country	North Korea
Province	Ryanggang
Administrative divisions	1 ŭp, 9 workers' districts
Area
• Total	680.9 km2 (262.9 sq mi)
Population  (2008 census)
• Total	35,596
• Density	52/km2 (140/sq mi)

Taehongdan County is a kun, or county, in Ryanggang province, North Korea. It was originally part of Musan County.

The Taehongdan Revolutionary Battle Site there commemorates battles waged by Kim Il Sung in the area during the anti-Japanese struggle.^[1]

To the north, Taehongdan looks across the Tumen River at China. It stands on the northwest edge of the Paektu Plateau. The highest of its many peaks is Changchongsan (Korean: 장청산). The chief river is the Tumen. Some 91% of the county's area is taken up by forestland. Due to its inland location, Taehongdan has a continental climate with cold winters.

Taehongdan county is divided into 1 ŭp (town) and 9 rodongjagu (workers' districts):

Logging is an important local industry. Agriculture is also key, with the county leading the nation in potato production and also producing barley, wheat and soybeans. Livestock are also raised in the county, and there is some manufacturing.

Taehongdan is served by roads, but not by rail.

• Geography of North Korea
• Administrative divisions of North Korea
• Ryanggang

• Changed Taehongdan Plain picture album at Naenara
• In Korean language online encyclopedias:
  • Doosan Encyclopedia (Naver)
  • Korean language Britannica (Empas) (Map)
  • Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (Empas)
  • Pascal World Encyclopedia (Nate)

42°00′04″N 128°51′05″E / 42.00111°N 128.85139°E / 42.00111; 128.85139