Manpo

Manp'o is a city of northwestern Chagang Province, North Korea. As of 2008, it had an estimated population of 116,760. It looks across the border to the city of Ji'an, Jilin province, China.

Manpo 만포시
Municipal City
Korean transcription(s)
• Hanja	滿浦市
• McCune-Reischauer	Manp'o si
• Revised Romanization	Manpo-si
View of Manpo from the Ji'an Yalu River Border Railway Bridge
Country	North Korea
Province	Chagang Province
Administrative divisions	1 ŭp, 5 labor districts, 15 ri

History

Manp'o was incorporated as a city in 1961.

Geography

Along the shores of the Yalu River and the Kŏnp'o River are the small Kosan Plain and the Kŏnha Plain.

The yearly average temperature is 6.5 °C (43.7 °F); the January average temperature, −14.4 °C (6.1 °F); and the July average temperature, 23.6 °C (74.5 °F). The yearly average rainfall is 947.8 millimetres (37.31 in), generous due to the mountainous terrain.

Economy

Lumber processing and transportation are well developed.

See also

• Geography of North Korea

External links

• In Korean language online encyclopedias:
  • Doosan Encyclopedia (Naver)
  • Korean language Britannica (Empas) (Map)
  • Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (Empas)
  • Pascal World Encyclopedia (Yahoo)
• North Korea Uncovered, (North Korea Google Earth) see much of Manpo's industrial and political infrastructure on Google Earth.