Sinpo

For the radio reception report code, see SINPO.

Sinpo
Chosŏn'gŭl	신포시
Hancha	新浦市
McCune–Reischauer	Sinp'o si
Revised Romanization	Sinpo-si
Statistics
Population	158,000 (est.)
Administrative divisions	15 tong, 13 ri

Sinpo is a port city on the coast of the Sea of Japan (East Sea of Korea) in central South Hamgyong province, North Korea. According to the last available census, approximately 158,000 people reside here.

Weather

The average temperature is -4.1 ℃ in January and 22.6 ℃ in August. The average annual rainfall is 688 millimeters.

Economy

Fishery

It is an important base for fishing, with a recent government emphasis on aquaculture. The DPRK has created aquacultural cooperatives and a central aquaculture office in the city.

Nuclear power

Near Sinpo in 1987 the building of first national nuclear plant was started by the USSR but construction was cancelled in 1991 due to lack of funding and in 1993 finally according to political reasons.

Later this place was the site of two planned reactors which were to have been built by the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO) with international support. Preparations on site began in 1994 and construction of a reactor started in 1997, but was never completed. The last foreign workers were removed from the area in January 2006.

Transport

Sinpo Station is on the Pyongra Line railway.

See also

• South Hamgyong
• Administrative divisions of North Korea
• Geography of North Korea

External links

• (Korean) In Korean language online encyclopedias:
  • Doosan Encyclopedia (Naver)
  • Korean language Britannica (Empas) (Map)
  • Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (Empas)
  • Pascal World Encyclopedia (Nate)