Chŏngju (; also Jŏngju) is a
''si'', or city, in southern
North P'yŏngan province,
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 Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu (Amnok) and T ...
. Prior to 1994, it was designated as a ''kun'' or county. The terrain is mostly level, but mountainous in the north. To the south lies the
Chŏngju Plain, where the hills do not rise above . Chŏngju also includes approximately 10 islands in the
Yellow Sea
The Yellow Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean located between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula, and can be considered the northwestern part of the East China Sea. It is one of four seas named after common colour ter ...
.
Geography
Some 40 percent of Chŏngju is covered by coniferous forestland.
Administrative divisions
Chŏngju is divided into 14 ''
tong Tong may refer to:
Chinese
* Tang Dynasty, a dynasty in Chinese history when transliterated from Cantonese
* Tong (organization), a type of social organization found in Chinese immigrant communities
*''tong'', pronunciation of several Chinese ch ...
'' (neighbourhoods) and 18 ''
ri'' (villages):
Economy
Local agriculture is dominated by orcharding and rice farming; the chestnuts of this region are especially famous.
Transportation
The city is served by both road and rail; it is the junction point of the
P'yŏngŭi and
P'yŏngbuk lines of the
Korean State Railway
The Korean State Railway (), commonly called the State Rail () is the operating arm of the Ministry of Railways of North Korea and has its headquarters at P'yŏngyang. The current Minister of Railways is Chang Jun Song.
History
1945–19 ...
.
Politics
In February 2011, the city and others in North P'yŏngan had rare protests, of a few score of people, calling for adequate provision of rice and power. At the time, news of the
Arab Spring
The Arab Spring ( ar, الربيع العربي) was a series of anti-government protests, uprisings and armed rebellions that spread across much of the Arab world in the early 2010s. It began in Tunisia in response to corruption and econo ...
was spreading via Chinese TV channels and phone calls with defectors.
Can the 'Jasmine Revolution' Spread to N.Korea?
Chosun Ilbo, 23 February 2011
Notable people
* Baek Seok
* Hong Yun-suk
* Kim Ok
* Ki-baik Lee
* Sun Myung Moon
* Pang Chol-mi
* Yi Kwang-su
* T.K. Seung
See also
*Geography of North Korea
North Korea is located in East Asia in the Northern half of Korea, partially on the Korean Peninsula. It borders three countries: China along the Yalu (Amnok) River, Russia along the Tumen River, and South Korea to the south.
Topography and ...
* Administrative divisions of North Korea
* List of cities in North Korea
* North Pyongan
*Battle of Chongju (1950)
The Battle of Chongju (29–30 October 1950) took place during the United Nations Command (UN) offensive towards the Yalu River, which followed the North Korean invasion of South Korea at the start of the Korean War. The battle was fought betwee ...
*Chongju Chongnyon station
Chŏngju Ch'ŏngnyŏn Station is a railway station in Yŏkchŏn-dong, Chŏngju city, North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea. It is the junction of the P'yŏngŭi and P'yŏngbuk lines of the Korean State Railway.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄 ...
References
Further reading
*Dormels, Rainer. North Korea's Cities: Industrial facilities, internal structures and typification. Jimoondang, 2014.
External links
*
City profile of Jongju
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Cities in North Pyongan