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Manpo

Coordinates: 41°09′25″N 126°17′24″E / 41.157°N 126.290°E / 41.157; 126.290
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Manpo
만포시
Korean transcription(s)
 • Hanja滿浦市
 • McCune-ReischauerManp'o si
 • Revised RomanizationManpo-si
View of Manpo from the Ji'an Yalu River Border Railway Bridge
View of Manpo from the Ji'an Yalu River Border Railway Bridge
CountryNorth Korea
ProvinceChagang Province
Administrative divisions1 ŭp, 5 labor districts, 15 ri

Manp'o is a city of northwestern Chagang Province, North Korea. As of 2008, it had an estimated population of 116,760. It looks across the border to the city of Ji'an, Jilin province, China.

History

Manp'o was incorporated as a city in 1961.

Geography

Along the shores of the Yalu River and the Kŏnp'o River are the small Kosan Plain and the Kŏnha Plain.

The yearly average temperature is 6.5 °C (43.7 °F); the January average temperature, −14.4 °C (6.1 °F); and the July average temperature, 23.6 °C (74.5 °F). The yearly average rainfall is 947.8 millimetres (37.31 in), generous due to the mountainous terrain.

Administrative Divisions

Manp'o is divided into 11 tong and 15 ri:

  • Kang'an-dong
  • Kogae-dong
  • Kunmak-tong
  • Kuo 1-dong
  • Kuo 2-dong
  • Kwanmun-dong
  • Mun'ak-tong
  • Ponghwa-dong
  • Pyŏl'o-dong
  • Saemaŭl-dong
  • Saemmul-dong
  • Segŏm-dong
  • Hambu-ri
  • Kosal-li
  • Kŏnha-ri
  • Kŏnjung-ri
  • Kŏnsang-ri
  • Mit'a-ri
  • Namsang-ri
  • Samgang-ri
  • Sipridong-ri
  • Songhak-ri
  • Tŭnggong-ri
  • Yŏnha-ri
  • Yŏnp'o-ri
  • Yŏnsang-ri

Economy

Lumber processing and transportation are well developed.

See also

Further reading

  • Dormels, Rainer. North Korea's Cities: Industrial facilities, internal structures and typification. Jimoondang, 2014. ISBN 978-89-6297-167-5

41°09′25″N 126°17′24″E / 41.157°N 126.290°E / 41.157; 126.290