Chongjin
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| Ch'ŏngjin City | |
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| Korean Name | |
| McCune-Reischauer | Ch'ŏngjin-si |
| Revised Romanization | Cheongjin-si |
| Hangul | 청진시 |
| Hanja | 淸津市 |
| Statistics | |
| Population | ? |
| Area | ? |
| Government | Capital of North Hamgyŏng; former Directly Governed City |
| Administrative Divisions | 7 wards ("Kuyŏk") |
| Region | Kwanbuk |
| Dialect | Hamgyŏng |
| Split from | North Hamgyŏng, 1960, 1977 |
| Rejoined | North Hamgyŏng, 1967, 1985 |
Ch'ŏngjin (Ch'ŏngjin-si) is the capital of the North Hamgyŏng Province in North Korea. From 1960 to 1967 and again from 1977 to 1985, Ch'ŏngjin was administered separately from North Hamgyŏng as a Directly Governed City (Chikhalsi). Prior to 1960, from 1967 to 1977, and since 1985, the city has been part of the North Hamgyŏng Province.
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Administrative divisions
Ch'ŏngjin is divided into 7 wards ("Kuyŏk").
- Ch'ŏngam-guyŏk (청암구역; 青岩區域)
- Nanam-guyŏk (나남구역; 羅南區域)
- P'ohang-guyŏk (포항구역; 浦港區域)
- Puyun-guyŏk (부윤구역; 富潤區域)
- Shinam-guyŏk (신암구역; 新岩區域)
- Songp'yŏng-guyŏk (송평구역; 松坪區域)
- Sunam-guyŏk (수남구역; 水南區域)
Originally Chongjin was only a small fishing village, located in northeastern Korea. In 1908, the Japanese imperialist ruler, in order to facilitate a sea route for the plunders of northeast Chinese and Korean resources, opened this small fishing village as a trade port. In 2003, the government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Also known as DPRK and North Korea) formed a northeast Korean trade port here. The People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation have set up their Consulates in Chongjin. It is unique for a North Korean city to have a foreign consulate. Chongjin is the administrative centre of the North Hamgyong Province.
Geography
Chongjin is located in the northeast of North Korea, in North Hamgyong Province, near the East Korea Bay in the East Sea of Korea (Sea of Japan). Chongjin divides into 7 districts: the Central Business District expands to the south, and the coast section is near the lively Sosongchon River mouth.
Transportation
Main Station of Wonson-Rason Railway and Chongjin-Rason Railway, electric railway connect Rason and capital Pyongyang. Chongjin is equipped with a 1.2km runway, military and civilian dual purpose air station(CHO); Also may take Chaoyangcun International Airport (YNJ), People's Republic of China. Moreover, the DPRK planned to upgrade an old airport near Hamhung in 2003, so that it would have a 4km runway, and would act as the second international airport. However, it is still not yet completed. The first international airport is in Pyongyang and is called Sunan International Airport (FNJ). Chongjin is the only city in North Korea other than Pyongyang to operate the trams, which are all second-hand from Pyongyang.
Culture
It has Chongjin University of Technology, The Chongjin Mine University and Chongjin University of Education,altogether 3 higher education institutes and an aquatic product research centre. Famous scenic sites: Hot Springs, Mountain Chibosan. Chongjin's famous product is processed squid, and is North Korea's national famous product.
Industry
Chongjin is one of the DPRK’s important steel and fibre industry centres. It has a shipyard, locomotive plant, mine machinery, rubber factory, and equipollent industry. Because of the heavy concentration of industries in the area, Chongjin is also the DPRK's air pollution black spot.
See also
- List of Korea-related topics
- Korea Tourist Map (http://uk.geocities.com/hkgalbert/kpmap.htm)(English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese)
| Administrative divisions of North Korea | Missing image North_korea_flag_large.png Flag of North Korea |
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| Directly Governed Cities P'yŏngyang | Rasŏn | |
| Former Directly Governed Cities | |
| Special Administrative Regions Kaesŏng Industrial Region | Kŭmgangsan Tourist Region | Sinŭiju Special Administrative Region | |
| Provinces Chagang | North Hamgyŏng | South Hamgyŏng | North Hwanghae | South Hwanghae | Kangwŏn | North P'yŏngan | South P'yŏngan | Ryanggang | |