Kwail County

Kwail County 과일군
County
Korean transcription(s)
• Hanja	과일郡
• McCune-Reischauer	Kwail kun
• Revised Romanization	Gwail-gun
Country	North Korea
Province	South Hwanghae Province
Administrative divisions	1 ŭp, 24 ri
Area
• Total	374 km2 (144 sq mi)
Population (2008 est.)
• Total	89,895

Kwail County is a kun, or county, in South Hwanghae province, North Korea. It faces the Yellow Sea to the west.

The economy of the county is based on the production of fruit. Kwail County was created in 1967 from part of Songhwa County, with the intention of making the entire cultivated area of the county into "100 li of blooming orchards". The name Kwail is a Korean word meaning "fruit," and doesn't correspond to any Chinese characters. This makes Kwail County one of the few counties in Korea whose name cannot be written in hanja; for another such county, see Saebyŏl.

Administrative Divisions

Kwail county is divided into 1 ŭp (town) and 24 ri (villages):

Transportation

Kwail county is served by the Ŭllyul Line of the Korean State Railway.

See also

• Geography of North Korea
• Administrative divisions of North Korea
• South Hwanghae

External links

• (Korean) In Korean language online encyclopedias:
  • Doosan Encyclopedia (Naver)
  • Korean language Britannica (Empas) (Map)
  • Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (Empas)
  • Pascal World Encyclopedia (Nate)

South Hwanghae Province
Capital	Haeju
Cities	Haeju
Counties	Anak Chaeryŏng Changyŏn Ch'ŏngdan Kangryŏng Kwail Ongjin Paech'ŏn Pongch'ŏn Pyŏksŏng Ryongyŏn Samch'ŏn Sinch'ŏn Sinwŏn Songhwa T'aet'an Ŭllyul Ŭnch'ŏn Yŏnan