Rajin-guyŏk () is a North Korean ward on

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 Zone. ...

in the

Sea of Japan The Sea of Japan is the marginal sea between the Japanese archipelago, Sakhalin, the Korean Peninsula, and the mainland of the Russian Far East. The Japanese archipelago separates the sea from the Pacific Ocean. Like the Mediterranean Sea, it ...

(East Sea of Korea) in the

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on the northeast tip of

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 is in the

Kwanbuk Kwanbuk, or Gwanbuk (), is a region of Korea now comprising the northeast provinces of Ryanggang, North Hamgyong, South Hamgyong, and the Rajin-Sonbong Special Economic Zone. It borders the Kwansŏ region to the west and the Kwandong region ...

region and location in the south of

. North of it lies the North Korea–Russia border.

Transport

Rajin Station is the terminus of both the P'yŏngra and Hambuk lines of the Korean State Railway. The Khasan–Rajin railway was opened in 1959, connecting the Port of Rajin with the Russian Khasan on the

Tumen River The Tumen River (, , ; Korean pronunciation: tumaŋaŋ">Help:IPA/Korean">tumaŋaŋ, also known as the Tuman River or Duman River, is a long river that serves as part of the boundary between China (left shore), North Korea (right) and Russi ...

; the river is the natural North Korea–Russia border. The railway had been renewed between 2008 and 2013. Coal transport from North Korea to Khasan on the renewed line started in summer 2014. As the track was built using four rails both Russian

broad gauge A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the used by standard-gauge railways. Broad gauge of , more known as Russian gauge, is the dominant track gauge in former Soviet Union countries ...

as well as Korean

standard gauge A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of . The standard gauge is also called Stephenson gauge (after George Stephenson), international gauge, UIC gauge, uniform gauge, normal gauge in Europe, and SGR in East Africa. It is the ...

trains can access the port of Rajin. A new Russian-North Korean terminal was commissioned in Rajin. Along with cargo transshipment and storage, the terminal makes it possible to organize coal magnetic cleaning and coal separating. Thus, the pilot part of the project aimed at the reconstruction of the Trans-Korean railway from Russia's Khasan to the seaport of Rajin just over the border.North Korea launches Russian-Korean terminal in Rason economic zone, 18 July, 2014, ITAR-TASS
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Administrative divisions

Sŏnbong-guyŏk is divided into 18 tong (neighbourhoods) and 2 ri (villages): * Anhwa-tong (안화동 / 安和洞) * Anju-tong (안주동 / 安住洞) * Jigyŏng-tong (지경동 / 地境洞) * Junghyŏn-tong (중현동 / 中峴洞) * Changphyŏng-tong (창평동 / 倉坪洞) * Chŏnggye-tong (청계동 / 淸溪洞) * Hahyŏn-tong (하현동 / 下峴洞) * Haebang-tong (해방동 / 解放洞) * Kwangok-tong (관곡동 / 寬谷洞) * Namsan-tong (남산동 / 南山洞) * Tongmyŏng-tong (동명동 / 東明洞) * Sanghyŏn-tong (상현동 / 上峴洞) * Sinan-tong (신안동 / 新安洞) * Sinhae-tong (신해동 / 新海洞) * Sinhŭng-tong (신흥동 / 新興洞) * Songphyŏng-tong (송평동 / 松坪洞) * Yŏkchŏn-tong (역전동 / 驛前洞) * Yuhyŏn-tong (유현동 / 踰峴洞) * Muchang-ri (무창리 / 武倉里) * Huchang-ri (후창리 / 厚倉里)

References

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