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Songrim () is a city on the
Taedong River The Taedong River () is a large river in North Korea. The river rises in the Rangrim Mountains of the country's north where it then flows southwest into Korea Bay at Namp'o.Suh, Dae-Sook (1987) "North Korea in 1986: Strengthening the Soviet ...
in
North Hwanghae Province North Hwanghae Province (Hwanghaebuk-to; , lit. "north Yellow Sea province") is a province of North Korea. The province was formed in 1954 when the former Hwanghae Province was split into North and South Hwanghae. The provincial capital is S ...
,
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 borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu River, Yalu (Amnok) an ...
. It had a population of 128,831 in 2008.


Administrative divisions

Songrim is divided into 19 '' tong'' (neighbourhoods) and 6 '' ri'' (villages): * Chŏn-dong * Ch'ŏlsan-dong * Kkotp'in-dong * Negil-dong * Oryu-dong * Saemaŭl-dong * Saesallim 1-dong * Saesallim 2-dong * Saesallim 3-dong * Saesallim 4-dong * Samga-dong * Sap'o 1-dong * Sap'o 2-dong * Sinhŭng-dong * Sŏkt'ap-tong * Songsan-dong * Tongsong-dong * Un'gok-tong * Wŏlbong-dong * Masal-li * Sillyang-ri * Sinsŏng-ri * Sŏkt'al-li * Sŏsong-ri * Tangsal-li


History

The city was originally named ''Solme''. Iron works began to be developed during the Japanese colonial period of Korea. Before Korean independence Songrim was known as ''Kyŏmip'o'' (). It was bombed during the
Korean War The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was an armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula fought between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea; ROK) and their allies. North Korea was s ...
, later it was rebuilt.


Climate

Songrim has a
humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers, and cold ...
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Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...
: ''Dwa'').


References


Further reading

*Dormels, Rainer. North Korea's Cities: Industrial facilities, internal structures and typification. Jimoondang, 2014.


External links


City profile of Songrim
Cities in North Hwanghae {{NorthKorea-geo-stub