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Sinuiju (Sinuiju-si) is a city in North Korea
North Korea

North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea , is a state in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula....
, on the border with China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
 and is the capital of North P'yongan
North Pyongan

North P'yongan is a Administrative divisions of North Korea of North Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the northern half of the former Pyongan Province, remained a province of Korea until 1945, then became a province of North Korea....
 Province. Part of the city is included in the Sinuiju Special Administrative Region
Sinuiju Special Administrative Region

Sinuiju Special Administrative Region was a proposed Special cities of Korea#North Korea of North Korea, on the border with People's Republic of China....
, which was established in 2002 to experiment with introducing a market economy.

loped as a major settlement during the Japanese rule (1910–45)
Korea under Japanese rule

Korea was under Japanese rule as part of the Imperial Japan during the first half of the 20th century, until the surrender of Japan in 1945. Korea was occupied and declared a Japanese protectorate in 1905 , and officially annexation in 1910 through an Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty....
 at the terminus of a railway bridge across the Yalu River. It is located 7 miles west of Uiju
Uiju

Uiju is a Administrative divisions of North Korea, or county, in North Pyongan Province, North Korea. The county has an area of 1,677 km?, and a population of 155,979 ....
, the old city from whose name Sinuiju (meaning “New Uiju”) derives.






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Sinuiju (Sinuiju-si) is a city in North Korea
North Korea

North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea , is a state in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula....
, on the border with China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
 and is the capital of North P'yongan
North Pyongan

North P'yongan is a Administrative divisions of North Korea of North Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the northern half of the former Pyongan Province, remained a province of Korea until 1945, then became a province of North Korea....
 Province. Part of the city is included in the Sinuiju Special Administrative Region
Sinuiju Special Administrative Region

Sinuiju Special Administrative Region was a proposed Special cities of Korea#North Korea of North Korea, on the border with People's Republic of China....
, which was established in 2002 to experiment with introducing a market economy.

History

Developed as a major settlement during the Japanese rule (1910–45)
Korea under Japanese rule

Korea was under Japanese rule as part of the Imperial Japan during the first half of the 20th century, until the surrender of Japan in 1945. Korea was occupied and declared a Japanese protectorate in 1905 , and officially annexation in 1910 through an Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty....
 at the terminus of a railway bridge across the Yalu River. It is located 7 miles west of Uiju
Uiju

Uiju is a Administrative divisions of North Korea, or county, in North Pyongan Province, North Korea. The county has an area of 1,677 km?, and a population of 155,979 ....
, the old city from whose name Sinuiju (meaning “New Uiju”) derives. As an open port it grew commercially with the logging industry which uses the Yalu River to transport lumber. Additionally, a chemical industry developed after the hydroelectric Sup'ung Dam was built further up the river. In the course of the Korean War
Korean War

The Korean War refers to a period of military conflict between North Korea and South Korea regimes, with major hostilities lasting from June 25, 1950 until the armistice signed on July 27, 1953....
 the city sustained heavy damage from aerial bombardment, but the city has since been rebuilt. The city is often remembered in western histories of North Korea as the site of an important student protest against the occupying Soviet Red Army in November, 1945.

Economy

An important light industry center in North Korea, it has a plant manufacturing enameled ironware as well as a textile mill, paper mill and an afforestation factory. Much of North Korea's trade with China takes place through Sinuiju. Its southwest harbour has a shipyard, although the shipyard's main function is seemingly to dismantle ships for scrap metal and other usable materials rather than building new ships.

Transportation

Sinuiju can be reached from P'yongyang
Pyongyang

Pyongyang is the Capital and largest city of North Korea, located on the Taedong River, at . According to preliminary results from the 2008 population census, it has a population of 3,255,388....
 by air, having a 1.2 km runway, or electric railway and road. It is also connected with the Chinese city of Dandong
Dandong

Dandong is a city in the Liaoning province, China. It is on the border between China and North Korea, marked by the Yalu River. Also at this point, the river flows into Korea Bay....
 (renamed from Andong/Antung) in Liaoning Province (China) by the Yalu River Bridge which is 944 m long (3,097 feet) from end to end, and through the Manchuria Railway links up with the Trans-Siberian railway.

Geography and Climate

The border with China is marked by the Yalu (Amnok) River
Yalu River

The Yalu River or the Amnok River is a river on the border between China and North Korea. The Chinese language name comes from a Manchu language word meaning "the boundary between two countries"....
. The city is connected to Dandong
Dandong

Dandong is a city in the Liaoning province, China. It is on the border between China and North Korea, marked by the Yalu River. Also at this point, the river flows into Korea Bay....
 in China via the Sino-Korea Friendship Bridge
Sino-Korea Friendship Bridge

The Sino-Korea Friendship Bridge connects the cities of Dandong, China and Sinuiju, North Korea. Built in 1943, it crosses the Yalu River, carrying automobile and rail transport traffic....
 (or China-Korea Friendship Bridge). This is one of the only ways to enter North Korea. The city is a Terminus on the Gyeongui
Gyeongui Line

The Gyeongui Line is one of the oldest railway lines in Korea. When opened in 1906 it linked Seoul in what is now South Korea to Pyongyang and Sinuiju in what is now North Korea....
 railroad line (known as the P'yongui
Pyongui Line

The P'yongui Line is a rail line in North Korea connecting the capital city, Pyongyang, with Sinuiju at the northwestern corner of the country. It is the main corridor for overland traffic between North Korea and China, and is one of the country's most important rail lines....
 in the North) and is 25 miles (40km) from the mouth of the Yalu River. The city's altitude is 4 feet, or about one meter.

The city's average temperature is about 48°F, or 9°C.

Places

Facilities in Sinuiju include Sinuiju High School, Sinuiju Commercial High School, Eastern Middle School, Sinuiju Light Industry University, Sinuiju University of Medicine and the Sinuiju University of Education. Scenic sites include the Tonggun Pavilion, Waterfall, and Hot Springs.

There also is a Ferris wheel overlooking the Yalu River. It is never in use, and was built seemingly as propaganda. Tourists from the Chinese side of the river can rent boats, and this is often the highlight of their glimpse of North Korea. Tourists frequently hire speedboats or slower boats to cruise along the river, in hopes of catching a peek at North Koreans.

See also

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

    North Korea is located in east Asia on the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. North Korea shares a border with three states, including People's Republic of China along the Amnok River, Russia along the Duman River, and South Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone....


Further Reading

Cathcart, Adam and Charles Kraus, “Peripheral Influence: The Sinuiju Student Incident of 1945 and the Impact of Soviet Occupation in North Korea,” Journal of Korean Studies, Vol. 13 (2008), pp.1-28.

External links

  • , (North Korea Google Earth) see a mapping of Sinuiju's main infrastructure, power lines, railroad, detention center, and Kim Jong Il residence, plus a whole lot more.