Tumangang-rodongjagu ( ko, 두만강로동자구) is a neighbourhood in
Sonbong
Sonbong County, formerly called Unggi (Chosŏn'gŭl: 웅기, Hancha: 雄基), is a subdivision of the North Korean city of Rason. It is located at the northeastern extreme of North Korea, bordering Russia and China. It lies on Unggi Bay, an exten ...
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Rason
Rason (formerly Rajin-Sŏnbong; ) is a North Korean special city and ice-free port in the Sea of Japan in the North Pacific Ocean on the northeast tip of North Korea. It is in the Kwanbuk region and location of the Rason Special Economic Zon ...
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North Korea
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...
, near the
China–North Korea–Russia tripoint
The China–North Korea–Russia tripoint is the tripoint where the China–Russia border and the North Korea–Russia border intersect.
The tripoint is in the Tumen River about 500 meters upstream from Korea Russia Friendship Bridge and under 2 ...
where the borders of the three countries converge. It is also the closest town in North Korea to the border with
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
, being located across the river from the Russian settlement of
Khasan and the Chinese settlement of
Fangchuancun. The
Korea Russia Friendship Bridge
Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel north, 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and Sout ...
connects Tumangang and Khasan and is the sole crossing point on the long
North Korea–Russia border
The North Korea–Russia border, according to the official Russian definition, consists of of "terrestrial border" and 22.1 km (12 nautical miles) of "maritime border". It is the shortest of the international borders of Russia.
Description ...
. Trains coming from and going to Russia are handled by
Tumangang Station
Tumangang station is a railway station in Tumangang-rodongjagu, Sŏnbong, Rasŏn Special City, North Korea, on the Hongŭi Line of the Korean State Railway.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō),
In 2008, construction ...
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Rason
Neighbourhoods in North Korea
Korea–Soviet Union relations
North Korea–Russia border crossings
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