Manpo () is a city of northwestern
Chagang 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 Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu River, Yalu (Amnok) an ...
. As of 2008, it had an estimated population of 116,760. It looks across the border to the city of
Ji'an,
Jilin
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province, China.
History
Manp'o was incorporated as a city in October 1967. Earlier, in October 1949, it had been combined into a single county consisting Manpo-myon, Kosan-myon, Oegwi-myon, Iso-myon and Sijung-myon, which were split from
Kanggye-gun. Manpo had first been mentioned in 1424, in the
Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty
The ''Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty'', sometimes called ''sillok'' () for short, are state-compiled and published records, called Veritable Records, documenting the reigns of the kings of the Joseon dynasty in Korea. Kept from 1392 ...
. During the Joseon Dynasty, fortresses and camps were built in this area, for which the city is now named after.
Geography
Along the shores of the
Yalu River, which various tributaries flow into, and the Kŏnp'o River are the small Kosan Plain and the Kŏnha Plain.
The majority of Manpo is located at a lower height than the rest of
Jagang Province, though the northeast and east do have areas of higher elevation, which gradually slopes down to the much lower areas along the banks of the
Yalu River. Around 75.6% of the city is covered by forests.
Climate
Manpo 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'').
The yearly average temperature is ; the January average temperature, ; and the July average temperature, . The yearly average rainfall is , generous due to the mountainous terrain.
Administrative divisions
Manp'o is divided into 11 ''
tong'' and 15 ''
ri'':
Economy
Lumber processing and transportation are well developed.
Transportation
Man'po is connected to other cities in North Korea by road, and by the
Unha,
Manpo and
Pukbunaeryuk lines of the
Korean State Railway.
A new trolleybus line opened with its first phase in December 2019 from Kunmak-dong to Pyolo-dong. The total length is around 5 km.
See also
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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: People's Republic of China, China along the Amnok River, Yalu (Amnok) River, Russia along the Tumen River, and Sou ...
References
Further reading
*Dormels, Rainer. North Korea's Cities: Industrial facilities, internal structures and typification. Jimoondang, 2014.
External links
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North Korea Uncovered, (North Korea Google Earth) see much of Manpo's industrial and political infrastructure on Google Earth.
City profile of Manpo
Cities in Chagang
China–North Korea border crossings
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