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NXS-GRX-PRK · Eastern Asia · Regions

South Hamgyong

First-level unit, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: people, area, the units inside and neighbours, with risk values when released.

Map All 11 first-level units
Page GRX-PRK-REdition Baseline Edition 2026Evidence close 2026-09-30ISO PRK / KPStatus UN member stateValues not yet publishedMethod v1.0.0-draft
3,112,057
people (GHSL 2025)
18,661 km²
area
12.5%
of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
20
units inside

01Map

Inside South Hamgyong

The 20 ADM2 units of South Hamgyong.

FIG 1 · 20 units inside South Hamgyong
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Units rise with people per km² · GHSL 2025 raster · terrain · ADM1 ADM2Risk values when released
Lowest fifthLow fifthMiddle fifthHigh fifthHighest fifthNo data
Column height and colour show people per km² by unit, in quantile fifths among the units shown (the key on the map gives the breaks); units with no people on the grid are grey, not the lowest class; the raster beneath is the GHSL 2025 population grid. Source observations, not index values. Choose a humanitarian figure from the list to colour and raise the units by it; each figure shows its source on the unit page. Select a unit to drill into the units inside it; the path above the map climbs back.
02Figures

People, area and density

Source observations from open grids summed inside the boundary; not index values.

People · GHSL 2025

3,112,057

12.5% of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

People · WorldPop 2025

3,370,602

+8% against GHSL; the two grids differ in method.

क्षेत्र

18,661 km²

167 people per km².

कोड

KP03

Subdivision code as carried by the boundary source.

Low coastal zone

584,734

people on land at or below 10 m, 18.8% of the unit (GEBCO 2024 and GHSL 2025).

03Humanitarian data

South Hamgyong in humanitarian data

Source observations from the Humanitarian Data Exchange, matched to this unit by name, each with its reference date, provider and licence. They are not index values.

Population · 2008-12-31

3,066,013

people. OCHA Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP) · Creative Commons Attribution for Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY-IGO).

Rainfall · 2026-10-10

47%

of the long-term average, latest dekad. WFP – World Food Programme · Creative Commons Attribution International (CC BY).

04Units

20 units inside South Hamgyong

Each unit has its own page.

Boundary licences: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO)

Unit कोड People (GHSL) People (WorldPop) Area km² Per km² Share Coast ≤ 10 m
Hamhung City – 742,411 785,717 552.95 1,343 23.9% 221,808
Hamju – 166,908 171,911 601.02 278 5.4% 44,121
Hochon – 123,741 132,362 1,673.91 74 4% 0
Hongwon – 149,814 154,927 1,023.89 146 4.8% 20,420
Jangjin – 68,368 73,089 1,975.48 35 2.2% 0
Jongphyong – 159,707 163,028 871.33 183 5.1% 43,429
Kowon – 113,351 103,242 213.75 530 3.6% 20,293
Kumho – 42,580 51,012 6.89 6,180 1.4% 23,043
Kumya – 216,800 260,607 688.88 315 7% 48,360
Pujon – 50,504 54,760 1,690.73 30 1.6% 0
Pukchong – 185,851 199,639 695.68 267 6% 15,667
Rakwon – 63,488 69,317 141.56 448 2% 4,802
Riwon – 66,450 104,976 537.91 124 2.1% 17,752
Sinhung – 108,986 124,346 1,257 87 3.5% 0
Sinpho City – 152,437 160,567 306.4 498 4.9% 28,248
Sudong – 98,555 102,863 668.18 147 3.2% 0
Tanchon City – 346,962 371,834 1,943.09 179 11.1% 97,326
Toksong – 94,390 99,774 1,601.89 59 3% 0
Yodok – 44,581 49,758 1,340.07 33 1.4% 0
Yonggwang – 116,173 136,873 871.97 133 3.7% 756
05संपर्कात येणे

Open exposure layers

Count of H3 resolution-3 cells whose centre falls in the unit and that carry each Natural Earth layer.

Urban areas
None at this resolution
Ports
None at this resolution
Airports
None at this resolution
Major roads
747.1 H3 cells
Railways
389.8 H3 cells
Rivers and lakes
None at this resolution
06जोखीम

Risk values

Values when released. Subnational risk values for South Hamgyong publish with the edition from The Global Risks Index. Until then, run a scenario on open data for Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
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07Neighbours

Neighbouring units

08स्रोत

Sources, credits and licences

ADM1 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen PRK ADM1, source: World Food Programme, OCHA ROAP, licence: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO) · source · represents 2018
ADM2 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen PRK ADM2, source: World Food Programme, OCHA ROAP, licence: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO) · source · represents 2019
Basemap
OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles (CC BY 4.0) · data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0). Vector tiles requested by the reader’s browser, unmodified; the map falls back to plain land and sea when the host does not answer.
Terrain
Terrain Tiles (Mapzen, AWS Open Data), compiled from SRTM and other public elevation sources (NASA, USGS, ETOPO1, GMTED, EU-DEM under the Copernicus programme, Geoscience Australia, Kartverket, INEGI, LINZ, data.gov.uk). Display relief, not survey data.
People
GHSL 2025 population grid, European Commission Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0), shown at 0.05° and summed per unit; WorldPop 2025 (CC BY 4.0) as a second estimate. Units smaller than a grid cell take the density of the cell under them.
देश
Natural Earth (public domain).
Elevation
GEBCO Compilation Group (2024) GEBCO 2024 Grid (public domain), reduced to 0.05°: the share of each cell’s land at or below 10 m, weighted by GHSL 2025 people for the low coastal zone.
Position
Boundaries are shown for location only and take no position on any boundary, name or status.

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