Tukchang

Tŭkchang District 득장지구
District
Korean transcription(s)
• Chosŏn'gŭl
• Hancha
• McCune–Reischauer	Tŭkchang-jigu
• Revised Romanization	Deukjang-jigu
Country	North Korea
Province	South P'yŏngan
Administrative divisions	4 workers' districts
Population (2008)
• Total	50,033

Tŭkchang District is a chigu in South P'yŏngan province, North Korea.

Tŭkchang was established as its own administrative area after separating from Pukch'ang in 1995.

The district is split into four rodongjagu (workers' districts):

Tŭkchang district is served by Myŏnghak Station in Myŏnghang-rodongjagu, the terminus of a branchline of the Korean State Railway's P'yŏngdŏk Line.

Political Prison Camp No. 18 is a large prison labour colony in Tŭkchang district and Pukch'ang County at the banks of Taedong River. Many of the 50000 prisoners are forced to work in coal mines.

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