Sunchon

This article is about a city in North Korea. For the city in South Korea, see Suncheon.

Sunch'ŏn 순천시
Municipal City
Korean transcription(s)
• Chosŏn'gŭl	순천시
• Hancha	順川市
• McCune-Reischauer	Sunch'ŏn-si
• Revised Romanization	Suncheon-si
Map of South Pyongan showing the location of Sunchon
Sunch'ŏn Location within North Korea
Coordinates: 39°25′0″N 125°56′0″E
Country	North Korea
Province	South P'yŏngan
Administrative divisions	21 tong, 11 ri
Population  (2008)
• Total	297,317
Time zone	UTC+9 (Pyongyang Time)

Sunch'ŏn (Korean pronunciation: [sun.tsʰʌn]) is a city in South Pyongan province, North Korea. It has a population of 297,317, and is home to various manufacturing plants.

Administrative divisions

Sunch'ŏn-si is divided into 21 tong (neighbourhoods) and 11 ri (villages):

Chik-tong (직동) Chŭngsan-dong (증산동) Kangan-dong (강안동) Kangp'o-dong (강포동) Kŭmch'ŏn-dong (금천동) Kŭmsan-dong (금산동) Osa-dong (오사동) Ponghwa-dong (봉화동) Pong'u-dong (봉우동) Puhŭng-dong (부흥동) Ryŏnbong-dong (련봉동) Ryongak-tong (룡악동) Ryŏnp'o-dong (련포동) Saedŏk-tong (새덕동) Saemaŭl-dong (새마을동) Sŏksu-dong (석수동)

Subok-tong (수복동) Sunch'ŏn-dong (순천동) Tongam-dong (동암동) Ŭngbong-dong (응봉동) Yŏkchŏn-dong (역전동) Naedang-ri (내당리) Obong-ri (오봉리) Pukch'ang-ri (북창리) P'ungdŏng-ri (풍덕리) P'yŏng-ri (평리) Ryongbong-ri (룡봉리) Ryongji-ri (룡지리) Sil-li (신리) Sindŏng-ri (신덕리) Sŏnam-ri (서남리) Wŏnsang-ri (원상리)

Transportation

Sunch'ŏn Station is on the P'yŏngra and Manp'o lines of the Korean State Railway.

History

In December 1951, the Korean War aerial Battle of Sunch'ŏn was fought near Sunch'ŏn between the Royal Australian Air Force and two North Korean allies – China and the Soviet Union.

Sister cities

• Atuntaqui, Ecuador

See also

• List of cities in North Korea
• Geography of North Korea

Further reading

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

External links

• City profile of Sunchon