Mundok County
Korea (North) /
Pyongannamdo /
Sin /
World
/ Korea (North)
/ Pyongannamdo
/ Sin
World / North Korea / P'yŏngan-namdo
county, second-level administrative division, draw only border
(문덕군/文德郡)
Mundok County (Mundŏk-gun), South Pyongan Province, DPRK.
This county was created from the western part of Anju in 1952. It draws its name from a piece of local history. In 612, Korea was invaded by the army of the Chinese Emperor Yang of Sui, who sent his force across the Liao River to conquer the Koguryo strongholds of Yodong (present-day Liaoning) and Pyongyang. They were, however, repulsed by the general Ŭlji Mundŏk, who decimated the Chinese forces; only 2,700 of the 350,000 men sent on the campaign returned. Ŭlji Mundŏk became a folk hero, and when the county was created in 1952, it was named in honor of the great victory he won near Anju.
Mundok County (Mundŏk-gun), South Pyongan Province, DPRK.
This county was created from the western part of Anju in 1952. It draws its name from a piece of local history. In 612, Korea was invaded by the army of the Chinese Emperor Yang of Sui, who sent his force across the Liao River to conquer the Koguryo strongholds of Yodong (present-day Liaoning) and Pyongyang. They were, however, repulsed by the general Ŭlji Mundŏk, who decimated the Chinese forces; only 2,700 of the 350,000 men sent on the campaign returned. Ŭlji Mundŏk became a folk hero, and when the county was created in 1952, it was named in honor of the great victory he won near Anju.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 39°30'23"N 125°28'56"E
- Kumya County 127 km
- Hamju-gun 148 km
- Kangryong County 172 km
- Sinhŭng-gun (Sinhung County) 180 km
- Kosong County 218 km
- Rangrim-gun (Rangrim County) 219 km
- Pujon-gun (Pujon County) 244 km
- Kimhyongwon-gun (Kimhyongwon County) 246 km
- Phungso County 257 km
- Hochon-gun (Hochon County) 290 km
- Chongnam-gu 3.4 km
- Anju Coal Field 6.4 km
- Ch'ŏngch'ŏn River 8.1 km
- Kwangsŏng 21 km
- Land Reclamation Project 22 km
- Jongju 24 km
- Land Reclamation 26 km
- Oejang-do 29 km
- Naejang-do 29 km
- Land Reclamation Project 31 km