Kumgangsan Tourist Region

Kŭmgangsan Tourist Region
Korean Name
McCune-ReischauerKŭmgangsan Kwan'gwang Chigu
Revised RomanizationGeumgangsan Gwan-gwang Jigu
Hangul금강산 관광 지구
Hanja金剛山觀光地區
Short NameKŭmgangsan (Geumgangsan)
금강산; 金剛山
Statistics
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GovernmentTourist Region
Split fromKangwŏn, 2002
RegionYeongdong
DialectKangwŏn
Kŭmgangsan Tourist Region (Kŭmgangsan Kwan'gwang Chigu) is a special administrative region of North Korea. It was established in 2002 to handle South Korean tourist traffic to Kŭmgangsan (Diamond Mountain, the second tallest mountain in North Korea). Since 1998, South Korea tourists have been allowed to visit Kŭmgangsan, travelling usually by cruise ship but on rare occasions by bus. In 2002, the area around the mountain was separated from Kangwŏn Province and organized as a separately administered Tourist Region.

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