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North Hamgyong

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

Page GRX-PRK-REdition Baseline Edition 2026Evidence close 2026-09-30ISO PRK / KPStatus UN member stateValues not yet publishedMethod v1.0.0-draft
2,429,367
people (GHSL 2025)
16,802 km²
area
9.8%
of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
16
units inside

01Ramani

Inside North Hamgyong

The 16 ADM2 units of North Hamgyong.

FIG 1 · 16 units inside North Hamgyong
Inapakia ramani

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.

Watu · GHSL 2025

2,429,367

9.8% of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

Watu · WorldPop 2025

2,502,712

+3% against GHSL; the two grids differ in method.

Area

16,802 km²

145 people per km².

Code

KP02

Subdivision code as carried by the boundary source.

Ukanda wa pwani ulio chini

404,018

people on land at or below 10 m, 16.6% of the unit (GEBCO 2024 and GHSL 2025).

03Humanitarian data

North 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

2,327,362

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

Rainfall · 2026-10-10

70%

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

04Units

16 units inside North Hamgyong

Each unit has its own page.

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

Unit Code People (GHSL) People (WorldPop) Area km² Per km² Share Coast ≤ 10 m
Chongjin City – 741,948 756,416 1,891.95 392 30.5% 303,104
Hoeryong City – 163,541 152,258 1,661.38 98 6.7% 0
Hwadae – 69,241 78,381 305.42 227 2.9% 13,044
Kilju – 157,195 154,982 773.02 203 6.5% 0
Kim Chaek City – 204,972 216,237 794.14 258 8.4% 37,109
Kyonghung – 117,995 112,066 905.66 130 4.9% 0
Kyongsong – 101,593 103,856 1,334.14 76 4.2% 21,029
Kyongwon – 102,647 106,517 556.27 185 4.2% 0
Musan – 138,994 135,774 1,311.02 106 5.7% 0
Myongchon – 68,054 79,410 624.47 109 2.8% 175
Myonggan – 85,037 97,740 1,200.68 71 3.5% 0
Onsong – 55,162 89,287 475.66 116 2.3% 0
Orang – 104,229 105,963 1,932.53 54 4.3% 10,098
Puryong – 55,450 57,892 855.17 65 2.3% 0
Rason City – 215,517 206,200 886.71 243 8.9% 19,388
Yonsa – 47,792 49,731 1,293.67 37 2% 0
05Mfiduo

Open exposure layers

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

Urban areas
18.3 H3 cells
Bandari
None at this resolution
Viwanja vya ndege
None at this resolution
Major roads
508.7 H3 cells
Reli
499.3 H3 cells
Rivers and lakes
155.5 H3 cells
06Hatari

Risk values

Values when released. Subnational risk values for North 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.
07Neighbours

Neighbouring units

08Vyanzo

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.
Nchi
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.