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Chagang Province (prk)

North Korea

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Chagang Province ranks 15,406th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Narrandera, Rivas, Nicaragua, and Sinuiju. The most famous people from Chagang Province are Kim Jae-ryong. Chagang Province has been the birth place of many politicians. Chagang Province is located in North Korea.

Chagang Province is a province of North Korea; it is bordered by China's Jilin and Liaoning provinces to the north, Ryanggang and South Hamgyong to the east, South Pyongan to the south, and North Pyongan to the west. Chagang was formed in 1949, after being demarcated from North Pyongan. The provincial capital is Kanggye. Before 2019, Chagang was the only province of North Korea completely inaccessible to tourists, possibly due to weapons factories and nuclear weapon facilities located there. In 2019 the city of Manpo became accessible to tourists. In May 2018, the province became a "Special Songun Revolutionary Zone" in relations to concealing the nuclear weapon and weapon's factories within the province. Read more on Wikipedia

People

In 1939, Chagang Province was the birth place of 1 globally memorable people, including Kim Jae-ryong.

People Born in Chagang Province

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Chagang Province were politicians (1),  while most who died were .

Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Chagang Province, including Kim Jae-ryong. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Chagang Province, including Kim Jae-ryong.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in Chagang Province since 1700.