Pukchang County


Pukch'ang County is a kun in South P'yŏngan province, North Korea.
In this county is the country's largest power station- Pukchang coal power station - with a production capacity of up to 1600 MW.

Administrative divisions

The district is split into 1 ŭp, 4 rodongjagu and 21 ri :

Prison Camp

is a large prison labour colony in the western part of the county at the banks of Taedong River. Many of the 50000 prisoners are forced to work in coal mines before “Board Clearance” in 1980s. In 1995, Camp 18 Tukchang part was returned to ordinary society and is called “Tukchang Coal Mine Complex”. The camp was dismantled in 2006 and maybe reopened in 2016.