An office building for the local governor to carry out administrative missions, called kwan-a, or govern- ment office. Such units of local administration as chu (district), kun (county) and hyon (prefecture) were headed by the kwanchalsa (governor), pusa (mayor), kunsu (county chief), hyungam or hyonryong (prefectural magistrate). The governor's office is composed of the main gate, outer servants' quarter, the inner gate, and the mid-servants' quarters, the main office (donghon), the inner living quarters, the inner servants' quarters, and the jail. The main entrance is made of nusammun with servants quarters lined on each side called sangpyungchang.
