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Profiles of the Cities of DPR Korea – Wonsan Rainer Dormels (2014) Profiles of the cities of DPR Korea – Wonsan This work was supported by the Academy of Korean Studies (KSPS) Grant funded by the Korean Government (MOE) (AKS-2011-BAA-2105) Find an introduction to the project at http://www.univie.ac.at/koreanologie/index.php?id=digital-north-korea0 This work has been published as a chapter in: Rainer Dormels (2014): North Korea's Cities. Jimoondang. Seoul. IV.2.26. Wonsan Capital of Kangwon Province (North) :RQVDQLVWKHFDSLWDORIWKH.DQJZRQ3URYLQFHRIWKH'35.RUHD$SURYLQFHZLWKWKH VDPHQDPHH[LVWVLQ6RXWK.RUHDDVZHOO:RQVDQ0XQFKRQDQGWKHLUVXUURXQGLQJVZHUH RULJLQDOO\SDUWVRIWKH+DPQDP3URYLQFH6LQFHWKRXJKWKH\EHORQJWR.DQJZRQ Table Wonsan-I. Basic data Population 363,127 (Rank 5) Area 314 km² (Rank 19) Population density 1156 I./km² (Rank 7) Administrative units 45 dong /14 ri (76%) (Rank 9) “Urban” population/“rural” population 90.5%/9.5% (Rank 5) 7KHEXLOWXSXUEDQDUHDRI:RQVDQ ERUGHUVRQWKHKLOOVRI-DQJGǂNVDQDQGWKH 7RQJP\ǂQJVDQ DQGKDVGHYHORSHG IURP6RXWKWR1RUWKDORQJWKHHORQJDWHG FRDVW2ULJLQDOO\:RQVDQFRQVLVWHGRIWZR SDUWV %HIRUHWKHRSHQLQJRIWKHSRUWE\ WKH-DSDQHVH:RQVDQFRQVLVWHGRQO\RI DSRRUILVKLQJDQGIDUPLQJYLOODJH,Q WKLVYLOODJHDOUHDG\FRXQWHG UHVLGHQWVLQKRPHV,WZDVDELJ YLOODJHZLWKDYHU\ODUJHVTXDUHLQWKH Figure Wonsan-I. 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