Kaisen

Japanese: 价川 - かいせん

A county in the northern part of South Pyongan Province, Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Located in the middle reaches of the Cheongcheon River, the eastern half is mountainous land belonging to the Myohyang Mountain Range, and the western half is flat land that occupies a section of the Anju Plain. The mountainous region is rich in underground resources such as iron, anthracite, and graphite, and various mining industries are thriving. The Quandong Mine, which produces iron ore with a purity of 55%, is particularly famous. The central town of Kaecheon-eup is a key station on the Manpo Line, which connects Pyongyang with the Kangye and Manpo areas, and the railway line to Anju and Kusong branches off here. In addition to various underground resources, the county is a transportation and commercial center for transporting agricultural products, mainly rice, harvested in the plains to industrial areas along the Yellow Sea coast.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

朝鮮民主主義人民共和国，平安南道北部の郡。清川江の中流に位置し，東半分は妙香山脈に属する山地，西半分は安州平野の一画を占める平地である。山地帯には鉄，無煙炭，土状黒鉛等の地下資源が豊富に埋蔵されており，各種の鉱業が盛んで，とくに品位55％の鉄鉱石を産する泉洞鉱山は有名。中心地の价川邑は平壌と江界，満浦方面をつなぐ満浦線の要駅で，安州，亀城方面への鉄道が分岐する。各種の地下資源とともに，平野部で収穫される米を中心とする農産物を黄海沿岸の工業地帯へ輸送する交通上，商業上の中心地となっている。

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