Gangwon Province, North Korea

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Gangwon Province, North Korea is a mountainous eastern region of the country known for its strategic military importance and proximity to the Korean Demilitarized Zone.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Gangwon Province 2
Kim Jong-suk County 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
province of North Korea
administrativeLevel first-level division
borders Kangwon Province, South Korea NERFINISHED
Korean Demilitarized Zone NERFINISHED
Ryanggang Province, North Korea NERFINISHED
South Hamgyong Province, North Korea NERFINISHED
borderTypeWithSouthKorea militarized border
capital Wonsan NERFINISHED
climate humid continental climate
contains Kumgangsan NERFINISHED
Mount Kumgang NERFINISHED
Wonsan NERFINISHED
Wonsan-Kalma coastal area NERFINISHED
country North Korea NERFINISHED
dividedBy Korean Armistice Agreement NERFINISHED
Korean War NERFINISHED
dividedFrom Gangwon Province, South Korea NERFINISHED
governedBy Government of North Korea NERFINISHED
hasCoastlineOn East Sea NERFINISHED
Sea of Japan NERFINISHED
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
fishing
forestry
tourism
hasPortCity Wonsan NERFINISHED
hasStrategicFeature access to East Sea shipping routes
proximity to DMZ front line
hasTouristSite Mount Kumgang tourist region NERFINISHED
historicalRegionOf Kangwon Province (Korea) NERFINISHED
knownFor mountainous terrain
proximity to Korean Demilitarized Zone
strategic military importance
language Korean
locatedIn East Asia NERFINISHED
eastern North Korea
locatedOn Korean Peninsula NERFINISHED
partiallyCorrespondsTo historic Gangwon Province of unified Korea
partOf Democratic People’s Republic of Korea NERFINISHED
Kwanbuk region (broadly defined)
securityStatus heavily militarized area
subdivisionType province
terrainFeature Taebaek Mountains NERFINISHED
timeZone Korea Standard Time NERFINISHED
usesCurrency North Korean won
usesWritingSystem Hangul
UTCOffset +09:00

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Gyeonggi Province borders Gangwon Province, North Korea
this entity surface form: Gangwon Province
Kim Jong-suk commemoratedBy Gangwon Province, North Korea
this entity surface form: Kim Jong-suk County
2018 Winter Olympics hostRegion Gangwon Province, North Korea
this entity surface form: Gangwon Province
Battle of Heartbreak Ridge place Gangwon Province, North Korea