Sinpyong County

Sinp'yŏng County is a county in North Hwanghae province, North Korea. The Mannyon mine is located at Mannyon-rodongjagu.

Sinp'yŏng County 신평군
County
Korean transcription(s)
• Hanja	新坪郡
• McCune-Reischauer	Sinp‘yŏng-gun
• Revised Romanization	Sinpyeong-gun
Map of North Hwanghae showing the location of Sinpyong
Country	North Korea
Province	North Hwanghae Province
Area
• Total	1,075 km2 (415 sq mi)
Population  (2008[1])
• Total	63,727
• Density	59/km2 (150/sq mi)

Sinp'yŏng County is located in North Hwanghae province from the coast, near the Nam River and its mainstream, Taedong River in Pyongan Province.

Administrative divisions

Sinp'yŏng county is divided into 1 ŭp (town), 2 rodongjagu (workers' districts) and 11 ri (villages):

Sinp'yŏng-ŭp Mannyŏn-rodongjagu Myŏngmi-rodongjagu Ch'uranjŏl-li Kŏriso-ri Koŭp-ri Misong-ri

Namch'ŏl-li P'yŏnghwa-ri Saengyang-ri Sŏg'am-ri Sŏn'am-ri Taeji-ri Toŭm-ri

Transportation

Sinpyong County has a trolleybus line in Mannyon-rodongjagu.^[2] The line closed in early 2000s and has been partially dismantled since then, but still has a complete network of poles on the south side of the road.^[3]