Although the majority of the county's area is mountainous, the terrain slopes downward toward the center and the Kapsan Basin.

Due to its location on the Kaema Plateau, Kapsan has a severely cold continental climate.

4 rodongjagu (workers' districts) and 20 ri (villages): The chief local industry is agriculture; major crops include rice (raised along the Hochon), as well as potatoes, hops, and honey.

There is a cable car railway in the county with a length of 70-ri (27.4 km);[1][2] it is by this method that coal is brought from Kapsan mine to the train station in Kumdok to be loaded to be smelted.

[2] Kapsan County has a 10-ri (3.9 km) long trolleybus line at a mining village, however it is not specified which particular area it is in.