Kanggye

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title: "Kanggye" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cities-in-chagang-province"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanggye" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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translit_lang1_info강계시
translit_lang1_type1Hancha
translit_lang1_info1江界市
translit_lang1_type2McCune-Reischauer
translit_lang1_info2Kanggye-si
translit_lang1_type3Revised Romanization
translit_lang1_info3Ganggye-si
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map_captionMap of Chagang showing the location of Kanggye
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pushpin_mapNorth Korea
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subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Chagang Province
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established_title2
parts_typeAdministrative divisions
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History

In December 1949, Kanggye-myon was promoted to Kanggye-si.

During the Korean War, after being driven from Pyongyang, Kim Il Sung and his government temporarily moved the capital to Kanggye after first moving temporarily to Sinuiju. The city was firebombed in November 1950 on American general Douglas MacArthur's orders after the Chinese People's Volunteer Army turned the course of the war; at least 65% of the city was destroyed. The following month Kim presided over a plenum of the cabinet at Kanggye, where he assigned blame for what he claimed were military failures during the losing phase of the war.

Culture

Attractions

Kanggye is home to an open-air stadium and is also home to the Kanggye Riding Club, which was built in 2024. Kanggye has scenic walkways along the Changja River and a small waterpark.

Other places of interest include Inphung Pavilion and Mount Ryonhwa. Tourist attractions have been developed to show the mountainous nature of the city.

Facilities

Kanggye University of Education, Kanggye University of Technology, and the Kanggye University of Medicine are located in the city.

The city has more than 50 various medical centres including an oral care and a maternity hospital.

Transportation

Kanggye is a transportation hub, connected to other cities by road and rail. It lies at the junction of the Kanggye and Manp'o Lines. Commuter trains run on the Manpo line between Kanggye and Ssangbangdong stations. In addition, highways connect it to Pyongyang and other locations, with the road network of Chagang province being centered on the city.

Kanggye has a trolleybus (무궤도전차) system, opened on April 17, 1992, with one 12 km line running from Changja-dong to Kong'in-dong, following the embankment of the Changja and Puchon rivers. Up until 2009 it had 6 full length and 2 medium trolleybuses; in the 2010s 5 full length and 1 medium trolleybus remained. In 2020, the northern loop was built into a small depot.

Broadcasting

A local radio station called "Kanggye Broadcasting ()", originally founded in 1947 as a local broadcasting station for North Pyongan Province, which later became a local broadcasting station for Chagang Province in 1949. It is operated by the Chagang Province Broadcasting Committee (). It airs programs that cover topics such as ideological education or local weather information.

Economy

From 1945, the manufacturing industry developed rapidly.

Kanggye has a mining industry producing copper, zinc ore, coal and graphite.

Kanggye hosts one of the main timber processing factories of Chagang province and North Korea. The city has various light industry along with production of construction, electrical and precision machinery. The pencils produced, which are also exported, have 'national significance'. The city also has agricultural, fruit, vegetable and livestock production.

Electricity production

The city has a large number of hydropower plants due to its location near a number of rivers. The first hydropower station in a series of them is called Hungju No.1 Youth Power Station, is located 3.5 km north of Kanggye. It is supported by the Ryongrim dam, which does not have a power station attached to it. This allows a careful management of the water level to ensure efficient operation. This is followed by the Hungju Youth Power Station No. 2 and 3. No.2 was completed in 2007 and No.3 was completed by February 2019, fitted with three generator turbines.

There are also a series of four small scale hydropower plants on the Pukchon river.

Kanggye Timber Processing Factory

Kanggye Timber Processing Factory(강계목재가공공장) is a small state-run factory located in Kanggye City. At the start of operations, it produced only two kinds of furniture (dining tables and sterilized chopsticks) through manual labour. Over time it has developed into a comprehensive modernized furniture producer, producing woodwork with a hundred and dozens of modern facilities in production.

Amongst machinery in use are three- and four-faced automatic planes, all-purpose polishers, joining machines, and grooving saws.

Meanwhile, the factory has directed an effort into the programme of modernizing the drying job, which is an important part of the woodworking process. By making technical innovations (such as replacing a boiler-induced drying process drying ovens and using fuels other than coal) the factory increased production and lowered manpower.

No.26 General Plant

The No.26 factory is the largest underground military facility in Korea. The plant manufactures ammunition which has been exported to Libya, Syria, Iran, Iraq and Egypt. It employs more than 20,000 workers and can produce 126,000 mortar rounds and 1.76 million rounds of rifle ammunition per year. On November 30, 1991, up to a thousand people were allegedly killed after a massive explosion at the plant. South Korean sources put the number of fatalities at six times that amount or more based on the claims of survivors of the incident.

Administrative divisions

Kanggye is divided into 34 tong (neighbourhoods) and two ri (villages):

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Geography

Kanggye gets its name, "river junction," from the Changja River, which flows through the city, and two tributaries. The city is located in a basin, and is hence surrounded by mountains. The main mountain ranges are the Nangnim and Gangnam.

Climate

Kanggye has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dwa). | width = auto | metric first = yes | single line = yes | location = Kanggye (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1957-present) | Jan high C = -4.9 | Feb high C = 0.2 | Mar high C = 7.5 | Apr high C = 16.4 | May high C = 23.2 | Jun high C = 27.5 | Jul high C = 29.4 | Aug high C = 28.7 | Sep high C = 24.1 | Oct high C = 16.5 | Nov high C = 5.8 | Dec high C = -3.2 | year high C = 14.3 | Jan mean C = -12.6 | Feb mean C = -7.4 | Mar mean C = 0.8 | Apr mean C = 9.2 | May mean C = 15.9 | Jun mean C = 20.5 | Jul mean C = 23.7 | Aug mean C = 22.8 | Sep mean C = 16.8 | Oct mean C = 8.8 | Nov mean C = -0.2 | Dec mean C = -9.5 | year mean C = 7.4 | Jan low C = -18.4 | Feb low C = -13.8 | Mar low C = -4.9 | Apr low C = 2.7 | May low C = 9.4 | Jun low C = 15.1 | Jul low C = 19.4 | Aug low C = 18.5 | Sep low C = 11.3 | Oct low C = 2.9 | Nov low C = -4.9 | Dec low C = -14.8 | year low C = 1.9 | Jan record high C = 6.9 | Feb record high C = 14.7 | Mar record high C = 24.0 | Apr record high C = 30.8 | May record high C = 33.9 | Jun record high C = 37.8 | Jul record high C = 38.0 | Aug record high C = 38.9 | Sep record high C = 30.5 | Oct record high C = 28.2 | Nov record high C = 21.2 | Dec record high C = 12.2 | Jan record low C = -32.8 | Feb record low C = -28.9 | Mar record low C = -23.9 | Apr record low C = -12.8 | May record low C = -1.1 | Jun record low C = 5.0 | Jul record low C = 10.6 | Aug record low C = 6.3 | Sep record low C = -0.8 | Oct record low C = -9.4 | Nov record low C = -25.0 | Dec record low C = -33.9 | precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 10.1 | Feb precipitation mm = 11.9 | Mar precipitation mm = 21.1 | Apr precipitation mm = 41.8 | May precipitation mm = 74.4 | Jun precipitation mm = 113.3 | Jul precipitation mm = 206.9 | Aug precipitation mm = 168.1 | Sep precipitation mm = 73.0 | Oct precipitation mm = 44.5 | Nov precipitation mm = 31.8 | Dec precipitation mm = 15.6 | year precipitation mm = 812.5 | unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm | Jan precipitation days = 4.8 | Feb precipitation days = 4.3 | Mar precipitation days = 5.8 | Apr precipitation days = 7.6 | May precipitation days = 10.2 | Jun precipitation days = 12.6 | Jul precipitation days = 14.1 | Aug precipitation days = 12.2 | Sep precipitation days = 6.9 | Oct precipitation days = 6.9 | Nov precipitation days = 7.0 | Dec precipitation days = 6.5 | year precipitation days = 98.9 | Jan snow days = 7.8 | Feb snow days = 6.5 | Mar snow days = 6.7 | Apr snow days = 1.7 | May snow days = 0.0 | Jun snow days = 0.0 | Jul snow days = 0.0 | Aug snow days = 0.0 | Sep snow days = 0.0 | Oct snow days = 0.6 | Nov snow days = 5.9 | Dec snow days = 9.7 | year snow days = 38.9 | Jan humidity = 78.3 | Feb humidity = 73.6 | Mar humidity = 68.6 | Apr humidity = 65.3 | May humidity = 68.4 | Jun humidity = 74.7 | Jul humidity = 79.2 | Aug humidity = 80.3 | Sep humidity = 77.3 | Oct humidity = 73.8 | Nov humidity = 77.0 | Dec humidity = 78.6 | year humidity = 74.6 | source 1 = Korea Meteorological Administration{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220129211112/https://data.kma.go.kr/resources/normals/pdf_data/northkorea_pdf_0104.pdf | archive-date = 29 January 2022 | url = https://data.kma.go.kr/resources/normals/pdf_data/northkorea_pdf_0104.pdf | title = 30 years report of Meteorological Observations in North Korea (1991 ~ 2020) | publisher = Korea Meteorological Administration | access-date = 23 March 2022 | language = ko | url-status = live | pages = 204, 276, and 343}} | source 2 = NOAA (extremes){{cite web | url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=global-summary-of-the-day&stations=47020099999&startDate=1700-01-01&endDate=2023-12-31&dataTypes=MAX,MIN,PRCP | title = Global Surface Summary of the Day - GSOD | publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | accessdate = January 26, 2023

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