Kapsan County

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.