This is a list of all second-level administrative divisions of North Korea , including cities , counties , workers' districts , districts , and wards , organized by province or directly governed city.
The second-level divisions of the DPRK as of 2021 Pyongyang Directly Governed City
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18 wards (guyok): Chung , Hwasong-guyok , Pyongchon , Potonggang , Moranbong , Sosong , Songyo , Tongdaewon , Taedonggang , Sadong , Taesong , Mangyongdae , Hyongjesan , Ryongsong , Samsok , Ryokpo , Rangnang , Sunan , Unjong
2 county (kun): Kangdong , Kangnam Kaesong Special City
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3 cities (si): Kanggye , Hŭich'ŏn , Manp'o
15 counties (kun): Changgang , Chasŏng , Chŏnch'ŏn , Ch'osan , Chunggang , Hwap'yŏng , Kop'ung , Rangrim , Ryongrim , Sijung , Sŏnggan , Songwŏn , Tongsin , Usi , Wiwŏn North Hamgyong Province
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3 cities (si): Ch'ŏngjin , Hoeryŏng , Kimch'aek
12 counties (kun): Myŏnggan , Hwadae , Kilju , Kyŏngsŏng , Musan , Myŏngch'ŏn , Onsŏng , Ŏrang , Puryŏng , Kyŏngwŏn , Kyŏnghŭng , Yŏnsa South Hamgyong Province
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4 cities (si): Hamhŭng , Hŭngnam , Sinp'o , Tanch'ŏn
1 district (ku): Sudong
1 area (chigu): Kŭmho
15 counties (kun): Changjin , Chŏngp'yŏng , Hamju , Hŏch'ŏn , Hongwŏn , Kowŏn , Kŭmya , Pujŏn , Pukch'ŏng , Ragwŏn , Riwŏn , Sinhŭng , Tŏksŏng , Yŏnggwang , Yodŏk North Hwanghae Province
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2 cities (si): Sariwŏn , Songrim
17 counties (kun): Chunghwa , Hwangju , Koksan , Kŭmch'ŏn , Pongsan , P'yŏngsan , Rinsan , Sangwŏn , Singye , Sinp'yŏng , Sŏhŭng , Suan , Sŭngho , T'osan , Ŭnp'a , Yŏnsan , Yŏnt'an South Hwanghae Province
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1 city (si): Haeju
19 counties (kun): Anak , Chaeryŏng , Changyŏn , Ch'ŏngdan , Kangryong , Kwail , Ongjin , Paech'ŏn , Pongch'ŏn , Pyŏksŏng , Ryongyŏn , Samch'ŏn , Sinch'ŏn , Sinwŏn , Songhwa , T'aet'an , Ŭllyul , Ŭnch'ŏn , Yŏnan
2 cities (si): Munch'ŏn , Wŏnsan
1 special administrative region: Kŭmgangsan Kwan'gwangjigu (Tourist Region)
15 counties (kun): Anbyŏn , Ch'angdo , Ch'ŏrwŏn , Ch'ŏnnae , Hoeyang , Ich'ŏn , Kimhwa , Kosan , Kosŏng , Kŭmgang , P'an'gyo , Pŏptong , P'yŏnggang , Sep'o , T'ongch'ŏn North Pyongan Province
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3 cities (si): Sinŭiju , Chŏngju , Kusŏng
22 counties (kun): Ch'angsŏng , Ch'ŏlsan , Ch'ŏnma , Hyangsan , Kujang , Kwaksan , Nyŏngbyŏn , Pakch'ŏn , P'ihyŏn , Pyŏktong , Ryongch'ŏn , Sakchu , Sindo , Sŏnch'ŏn , T'aech'ŏn , Taegwan , Tongch'ang , Tongrim , Ŭiju , Unjŏn , Unsan , Yŏmju South Pyongan Province
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6 cities (si): P'yŏngsŏng , Anju , Kaech'ŏn , Namp'o (City with special status), Sunch'ŏn , Tŏkch'ŏn
1 district (ku): Ch'ŏngnam
2 districts (chigu): Tŭkchang , Ungok
16 counties (kun): Chungsan , Hoech'ang , Maengsan , Mundŏk , Nyŏngwŏn , Pukch'ang , P'yŏngwŏn , Sinyang , Sŏngch'ŏn , Sukch'ŏn , Taedong , Taehŭng , Ŭnsan , Yangdŏk
2 cities (si): Hyesan , Samjiyon
11 counties (kun): Kapsan , Kimjŏngsuk , Kimhyŏnggwŏn , Kimhyŏngjik , Paegam , Poch'ŏn , P'ungsŏ , Samsu , Taehongdan , Unhŭng
Kim Il-sung (1971). "On Some Immediate Tasks of the City and County People's Committees: Address at a Short Course for the City and County People's Committee Chairmen, August 9, 1958". Selected Works . Vol. II. Pyongyang: Foreign Languages Publishing House. pp. 171–192. OCLC 873247887 . 