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Undid revision 1257936698 by 81.228.104.197 (talk) The sea of Japan refers to parts in multiple countries territory, this is relevant to Chongjin as it happened very close to the town. The source in the citation is reliable and matches the info.
 
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'''Chŏngjin''' ({{IPA-ko|tsʰʌŋ.dʑin}}; {{Korean|hangul=청진시|mr=Ch'ŏngjin-si|context=north}}) is the capital of [[North Korea]]'s [[North Hamgyong Province]] (함경북도) and the country's [[List of cities in North Korea|third-largest city]]. It is sometimes called The City of Iron.<ref name="nk">{{cite book | author-link=Barbara Demick | title=Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea | first1=Barbara | last1=Demick | location = London | publisher=[[Granta]] Publications | year=2010 | edition=UK | isbn=978-1-84708-141-4}}</ref>
'''Chŏngjin''' ({{IPA|ko|tsʰʌŋ.dʑin}}; {{Korean|hangul=청진시|mr=Ch'ŏngjin-si|context=north}}) is the capital of [[North Korea]]'s [[North Hamgyong Province]] (함경북도) and the country's [[List of cities in North Korea|third-largest city]]. It is sometimes called the City of Iron.<ref name="nk">{{cite book | author-link=Barbara Demick | title=Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea | first1=Barbara | last1=Demick | location = London | publisher=[[Granta]] Publications | year=2010 | edition=UK | isbn=978-1-84708-141-4}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
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===Ancient and medieval history===
===Ancient and medieval history===
According to the [[Records of the Grand Historian]], the region was where the tribe kingdoms of [[Buyeo]], [[Mohe people|Mohe]], [[Okjeo]], [[Yilou]], [[Yemaek]] and [[Sushen]] existed. The region later was the territory of [[Goguryeo]]. After the fall of Goguryeo in 668, the region was ruled by the [[Tang dynasty]]. During the reign of [[Balhae]], the region was under the subdivision donggyeongyongwonbu. The region was under the rule of the [[Jin dynasty (1115–1234)|Jin dynasty]] and [[Yuan dynasty]] after the fall of [[Balhae]] by the [[Liao dynasty|Khitans]].<ref name="chong">{{cite web|url=http://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Contents/Item/E0056774|title=청진시}}</ref>
According to the [[Records of the Grand Historian]], the region was where the tribe kingdoms of [[Buyeo]], [[Mohe people|Mohe]], [[Okjeo]], [[Yilou]], [[Yemaek]] and [[Sushen]] existed. The region later was the territory of [[Goguryeo]]. After the fall of Goguryeo in 668, the region was ruled by the [[Tang dynasty]]. During the reign of [[Balhae]], the region was under the subdivision Donggyeongyongwonbu. The region was under the rule of the [[Jin dynasty (1115–1234)|Jin dynasty]] and [[Yuan dynasty]] after the fall of [[Balhae]] by the [[Liao dynasty|Khitans]].<ref name="chong">{{cite web|url=http://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Contents/Item/E0056774|title=청진시}}</ref>


===Modern history===
===Modern history===
[[File:Emblem of Cheongjin-bu.svg|thumb|Emblem of Seishinfu(chongjin bu), administrative division Chongjin fell under Japanese rule]]
[[File:Emblem of Cheongjin-bu.svg|thumb|Emblem of Seishinfu(chongjin bu), administrative division Chongjin fell under Japanese rule]]
Chongjin was a small fishing village prior to the [[Japan-Korea Treaty of 1910|Japanese annexation of Korea]]; its date of establishment is unknown. The Chinese characters for its name mean 'clear river crossing'.<ref name="nk"/> During the [[Russo-Japanese War]] of 1904–1905, Japanese forces landed at Chongjin and established a supply base due to its proximity to the front lines in [[Manchuria]]. The Japanese remained after the end of the war, and in 1908, declared the city an open trading port both for the transport of Korean resources and as a stopping point for resources from China.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.communitywalk.com/location_info/363120/356350|title=Woolverton Inn - Ceremony - North Korea's Geography & Major cities - A Map viewing major cities and the capital of North Korea. Highlighting important geographical locations and points of interest. One in particular being the 38th parallel.|website=www.communitywalk.com|access-date=22 June 2012|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303180957/http://www.communitywalk.com/location_info/363120/356350|url-status=dead}}</ref> The city was known during this period as “Seishin”,<ref>{{cite map |title =Japan and Korea |url =http://www.drben.net/publishImages/Koreas_Report~Sources~Korea_Maps~Historic~1945~Map-Japan-Korea-1945-01~~element1972.jpg |date = December 1945 |scale = 1:3,000,000 |series = |publisher = National Geographic |cartography = Cartographic Section, National Geographic Society | editor-last = Grosvenor | editor-first = Gilbert |location = Washington |language = en |format = JPG }}</ref> after the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese characters for its name. The [[Imperial Japanese Army]]’s [[19th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)|19th Division]] was headquartered in [[Ranam-guyok|Ranam]] from 1918, where the Japanese built a new [[planned city]] based on a rectangular street grid.<ref name="nk"/> In 1930, [[Nippon Steel]] built a large [[steel mill]], the Seishin Iron and Steel Works, in the town. Ranam was annexed to Chongjin in 1940, which was elevated to city status. The city was overrun after a brief resistance by the [[Soviet Union]] on 13 August 1945, only two days before the end of [[World War II]]. Under the rule of North Korea, Chongjin remained an important military and industrial centre. It was directly administered by the central government from 1960–1967 and from 1977–1988.
Chongjin was a small fishing village prior to the [[Japan-Korea Treaty of 1910|Japanese annexation of Korea]]; its date of establishment is unknown. The Chinese characters for its name mean 'clear river crossing'.<ref name="nk"/> During the [[Russo-Japanese War]] of 1904–1905, Japanese forces landed at Chongjin and established a supply base due to its proximity to the front lines in [[Manchuria]]. The Japanese remained after the end of the war, and in 1908, declared the city an open trading port both for the transport of Korean resources and as a stopping point for resources from China.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.communitywalk.com/location_info/363120/356350|title=Woolverton Inn - Ceremony - North Korea's Geography & Major cities - A Map viewing major cities and the capital of North Korea. Highlighting important geographical locations and points of interest. One in particular being the 38th parallel.|website=www.communitywalk.com|access-date=22 June 2012|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303180957/http://www.communitywalk.com/location_info/363120/356350|url-status=dead}}</ref> The city was known during this period as “Seishin”,<ref>{{cite map |title =Japan and Korea |url =http://www.drben.net/publishImages/Koreas_Report~Sources~Korea_Maps~Historic~1945~Map-Japan-Korea-1945-01~~element1972.jpg |date = December 1945 |scale = 1:3,000,000 |series = |publisher = National Geographic |cartography = Cartographic Section, National Geographic Society | editor-last = Grosvenor | editor-first = Gilbert |location = Washington |language = en |format = JPG }}</ref> after the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese characters for its name. The [[Imperial Japanese Army]]’s [[19th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)|19th Division]] was headquartered in [[Ranam-guyok|Ranam]] from 1918, where the Japanese built a new [[planned city]] based on a rectangular street grid.<ref name="nk"/> In 1930, [[Nippon Steel]] built a large [[steel mill]], the Seishin Iron and Steel Works, in the town. Ranam was annexed to Chongjin in 1940, which was elevated to city status. The [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Red Army]] [[Seishin Operation|overran]] the city after brief resistance on 13 August 1945, only two days before the end of [[World War II]]. Under the rule of North Korea, Chongjin remained an important military and industrial centre. It was directly administered by the central government from 1960–1967 and from 1977–1988.{{cn|date=October 2024}}


On April 15, 1969 at 13:30 [[24-hour clock|MT]] (1:30 PM), a [[Lockheed EC-121 Warning Star|Lockheed EC-121M Super Constellation]] of the [[United States Navy|US Navy]] (135749) was [[1969 EC-121 shootdown incident|shot down]] by two [[Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force|North Korean]] [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17|MiG-17]] fighters SE of Chongjin over the [[Sea of Japan]]. All 31 occupants were killed, making it the deadliest plane crash in North Korean territory. The plane was on a military flight out of [[Naval Air Facility Atsugi|Atsugi NAS]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed EC-121M Super Constellation 135749 Chongjin |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19690415-0 |access-date=2023-08-31 |website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref>
In April 1969, a [[Lockheed EC-121 Warning Star|Lockheed EC-121M Super Constellation]] of the [[United States Navy|US Navy]] (135749) was [[1969 EC-121 shootdown incident|shot down]] by two [[Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force|North Korean]] [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17|MiG-17]] fighters SE of Chongjin over the [[Sea of Japan]]. All 31 occupants were killed, making it the deadliest plane crash in North Korean territory. The plane was on a military flight out of [[Naval Air Facility Atsugi|Atsugi NAS]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed EC-121M Super Constellation 135749 Chongjin |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19690415-0 |access-date=2023-08-31 |website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref>


During the [[North Korean famine]] of the 1990s, Chongjin was one of the worst affected locations in the country; death rates may have been as high as 20%.<ref name="nk"/> Conditions there remain poor in terms of food availability.<ref name="nk"/> This problem has caused several instances of civil unrest in Chongjin, a rarity in North Korea. On 4 March 2008, a crowd of women merchants protested in response to tightened market controls.<ref name="nk"/> Rising grain prices and government attempts to prohibit "peddling in the market" have been cited as causes for the protests.<ref name="nk"/> As a result of the protest, the Chongjin local government "posted a proclamation allowing peddling in the market."<ref name="Good Friends 2008">Good Friends, “North Korea Today,” No. 113 (Mar. 14, 2008)</ref> On 24 August 2008, a clash occurred between foot patrol agents and female merchants, which escalated into a "massive protest rally". It was reported that the Chongjin local government-issued verbal instructions relaxing the enforcement activity until the time of the next grain ration.<ref name="Good Friends 2008"/>
During the [[North Korean famine]] of the 1990s, Chongjin was one of the worst affected locations in the country; death rates may have been as high as 20%.<ref name="nk"/> Conditions there remain poor in terms of food availability.<ref name="nk"/> This problem has caused several instances of civil unrest in Chongjin, a rarity in North Korea. On 4 March 2008, a crowd of women merchants protested in response to tightened market controls.<ref name="nk"/> Rising grain prices and government attempts to prohibit "peddling in the market" have been cited as causes for the protests.<ref name="nk"/> As a result of the protest, the Chongjin local government "posted a proclamation allowing peddling in the market."<ref name="Good Friends 2008">Good Friends, “North Korea Today,” No. 113 (Mar. 14, 2008)</ref> On 24 August 2008, a clash occurred between foot patrol agents and female merchants, which escalated into a "massive protest rally". It was reported that the Chongjin local government-issued verbal instructions relaxing the enforcement activity until the time of the next grain ration.<ref name="Good Friends 2008"/>
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From 1948 to 1960, 1967 to 1977, and 1987 to present, Ch'ŏngjin was governed as a part of [[North Hamgyong Province]]. From 1960 until 1967, and again from 1977 to 1987, Chongjin was administered as a [[Special cities of North Korea|directly governed city]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nk.chosun.com/map/map.html?ACT=geo_03 |script-title=ko:행정구역 개편 일지|date=2006-04-05|work=[[The Chosun Ilbo]]|language=ko|access-date=2006-11-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061102025933/http://nk.chosun.com/map/map.html?ACT=geo_03 |archive-date=2006-11-02 }}</ref>
From 1948 to 1960, 1967 to 1977, and 1987 to present, Ch'ŏngjin was governed as a part of [[North Hamgyong Province]]. From 1960 until 1967, and again from 1977 to 1987, Chongjin was administered as a [[Special cities of North Korea|directly governed city]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nk.chosun.com/map/map.html?ACT=geo_03 |script-title=ko:행정구역 개편 일지|date=2006-04-05|work=[[The Chosun Ilbo]]|language=ko|access-date=2006-11-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061102025933/http://nk.chosun.com/map/map.html?ACT=geo_03 |archive-date=2006-11-02 }}</ref>


Ch'ŏngjin is divided into seven wards (구역, ''kuyŏk'', {{IPA-ko|kujʌk}}).
Ch'ŏngjin is divided into seven wards (구역, ''kuyŏk'', {{IPA|ko|kujʌk}}).
* [[Chongam-guyok|Ch'ŏngam-guyŏk]] (청암구역, {{IPA-ko|tɕʰʌŋam ɡujʌk|}})
* [[Chongam-guyok|Ch'ŏngam-guyŏk]] (청암구역, {{IPA|ko|tɕʰʌŋam ɡujʌk|}})
* [[Pohang-guyok|P'ohang-guyŏk]] (포항구역, {{IPA-ko|pʰohaŋ ɡujʌk|}})
* [[Pohang-guyok|P'ohang-guyŏk]] (포항구역, {{IPA|ko|pʰohaŋ ɡujʌk|}})
* [[Puyun-guyok|Puyun-guyŏk]] (부윤구역, {{IPA-ko|pujun ɡujʌk|}})
* [[Puyun-guyok|Puyun-guyŏk]] (부윤구역, {{IPA|ko|pujun ɡujʌk|}})
* [[Ranam-guyok|Ranam-guyŏk]] (라남구역, {{IPA-ko|ɾanam ɡujʌk|}})
* [[Ranam-guyok|Ranam-guyŏk]] (라남구역, {{IPA|ko|ɾanam ɡujʌk|}})
* [[Sinam-guyok|Sinam-guyŏk]] (신암구역, {{IPA-ko|ɕʰinam ɡujʌk|}})
* [[Sinam-guyok|Sinam-guyŏk]] (신암구역, {{IPA|ko|ɕʰinam ɡujʌk|}})
* [[Songpyong-guyok|Songp'yŏng-guyŏk]] (송평구역, {{IPA-ko|sʰoŋpʰjʌŋ ɡujʌk|}})
* [[Songpyong-guyok|Songp'yŏng-guyŏk]] (송평구역, {{IPA|ko|sʰoŋpʰjʌŋ ɡujʌk|}})
* [[Sunam-guyok|Sunam-guyŏk]] (수남구역, {{IPA-ko|sʰunam ɡujʌk|}})
* [[Sunam-guyok|Sunam-guyŏk]] (수남구역, {{IPA|ko|sʰunam ɡujʌk|}})


== Geography ==
== Geography ==
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=== Climate ===
=== Climate ===
Chongjin has a [[humid continental climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]]: ''Dwa'') with cold, dry winters and warm, rainy summers.
Chongjin has a [[humid continental climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]]: ''Dwa'', bordering on ''Dwb'') with cold, dry winters and warm, rainy summers.


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===Urban transit===
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{{more|Trams in Chongjin}}
[[Trams in Chongjin|Chongjin]] is the only city in North Korea other than [[Pyongyang]] to operate a [[tram]] system. These trams are all locally manufactured. It consists of one line built in two phases, phase 1,{{convert|6|km|abbr=on}}, and phase 2,{{convert|7|km|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Photo: Chongjin — Maps|url=https://transphoto.org/photo/857127/?gid=2423|access-date=2020-10-05|website=transphoto.org}}</ref> It has a turning loop in Pongchon and Namchongjin, with the depot located in Sabong.
Chongjin is the only city in North Korea other than [[Pyongyang]] to operate a [[tram]] system. These trams are all locally manufactured. It consists of one line built in two phases, phase 1,{{convert|6|km|abbr=on}}, and phase 2,{{convert|7|km|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Photo: Chongjin — Maps|url=https://transphoto.org/photo/857127/?gid=2423|access-date=2020-10-05|website=transphoto.org}}</ref> It has a turning loop in Pongchon and Namchongjin, with the depot located in Sabong.


A [[trolleybus]] system also operates with 3 lines: Chongam - Yokchon, Hae'an - Sabong and Namchongijn - Ranam.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chongjin|url=https://transphoto.org/city/1242/|access-date=2020-10-05|website=transphoto.org}}</ref>
A [[trolleybus]] system also operates with 3 lines: Chongam - Yokchon, Hae'an - Sabong and Namchongijn - Ranam.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chongjin|url=https://transphoto.org/city/1242/|access-date=2020-10-05|website=transphoto.org}}</ref>
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== Historic gallery ==
== Historic gallery ==
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file:Kankyo-Hoku Provincial Office.JPG|North Hamgyong Provincial Office during the [[Korea under Japanese rule|Japanese colonial era]].
file:Kankyo-Hoku Provincial Office.JPG|North Hamgyong Provincial Office during the [[Korea under Japanese rule|Japanese colonial era]]
file:Port of Seishin.JPG|Port of Chongjin during the Japanese colonial era.
file:Port of Seishin.JPG|Port of Chongjin during the Japanese colonial era
file:Ranan Shrine.JPG|Ranam Shinto Shrine during the Japanese colonial era.
file:Ranan Shrine.JPG|Ranam Shinto Shrine during the Japanese colonial era
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Latest revision as of 18:30, 17 November 2024

Not to be confused with Chongqing.

Chongjin
청진
Municipal city
Korean transcription(s)
 • Chŏsŏn'gŭl청진시
 • Hancha淸津市
 • McCune–ReischauerCh'ŏngjin-si
 • Revised Romanization of KoreanCheongjin-si
Clockwise from top: Downtown Chongjin in September 2011 (as seen from the city's monument of Kim Il Sung), Fuso buses at Chongjin Airport, Air Koryo aircraft at Chongjin Airport, Air Koryo crew at Chongjin Airport
Nickname: 
City of Iron
Map of North Hamgyong showing the location of Chongjin
Map of North Hamgyong showing the location of Chongjin
Map
Chongjin is located in North Korea
Chongjin
Chongjin
Location within North Korea
Coordinates: 41°47′N 129°46′E / 41.783°N 129.767°E / 41.783; 129.767
CountryDemocratic People's Republic of Korea
ProvinceNorth Hamgyong
Administrative divisions7 kuyok
Government
 • Chairman of the Chongjin City People’s Committee of North Hamgyong ProvinceKang Jun[1]
Area
 • Total
269 km2 (104 sq mi)
Population
 (2008)
 • Total
627,000
 • Density2,330/km2 (6,000/sq mi)
 • Dialect
Hamgyong
Time zoneUTC+09:00 (Pyongyang Time)

Chŏngjin (Korean pronunciation: [tsʰʌŋ.dʑin]; Korean: 청진시; MR: Ch'ŏngjin-si) is the capital of North Korea's North Hamgyong Province (함경북도) and the country's third-largest city. It is sometimes called the City of Iron.[2]

History

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Main Street, September 1946
Aerial photograph of the industrial district, 1946

Prehistory

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According to archaeological findings near the lower areas of the Tumen river, evidence of human living traces back to the paleolithic period.[3]

Ancient and medieval history

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According to the Records of the Grand Historian, the region was where the tribe kingdoms of Buyeo, Mohe, Okjeo, Yilou, Yemaek and Sushen existed. The region later was the territory of Goguryeo. After the fall of Goguryeo in 668, the region was ruled by the Tang dynasty. During the reign of Balhae, the region was under the subdivision Donggyeongyongwonbu. The region was under the rule of the Jin dynasty and Yuan dynasty after the fall of Balhae by the Khitans.[3]

Modern history

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Emblem of Seishinfu(chongjin bu), administrative division Chongjin fell under Japanese rule

Chongjin was a small fishing village prior to the Japanese annexation of Korea; its date of establishment is unknown. The Chinese characters for its name mean 'clear river crossing'.[2] During the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, Japanese forces landed at Chongjin and established a supply base due to its proximity to the front lines in Manchuria. The Japanese remained after the end of the war, and in 1908, declared the city an open trading port both for the transport of Korean resources and as a stopping point for resources from China.[4] The city was known during this period as “Seishin”,[5] after the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese characters for its name. The Imperial Japanese Army’s 19th Division was headquartered in Ranam from 1918, where the Japanese built a new planned city based on a rectangular street grid.[2] In 1930, Nippon Steel built a large steel mill, the Seishin Iron and Steel Works, in the town. Ranam was annexed to Chongjin in 1940, which was elevated to city status. The Soviet Red Army overran the city after brief resistance on 13 August 1945, only two days before the end of World War II. Under the rule of North Korea, Chongjin remained an important military and industrial centre. It was directly administered by the central government from 1960–1967 and from 1977–1988.[citation needed]

In April 1969, a Lockheed EC-121M Super Constellation of the US Navy (135749) was shot down by two North Korean MiG-17 fighters SE of Chongjin over the Sea of Japan. All 31 occupants were killed, making it the deadliest plane crash in North Korean territory. The plane was on a military flight out of Atsugi NAS.[6]

During the North Korean famine of the 1990s, Chongjin was one of the worst affected locations in the country; death rates may have been as high as 20%.[2] Conditions there remain poor in terms of food availability.[2] This problem has caused several instances of civil unrest in Chongjin, a rarity in North Korea. On 4 March 2008, a crowd of women merchants protested in response to tightened market controls.[2] Rising grain prices and government attempts to prohibit "peddling in the market" have been cited as causes for the protests.[2] As a result of the protest, the Chongjin local government "posted a proclamation allowing peddling in the market."[7] On 24 August 2008, a clash occurred between foot patrol agents and female merchants, which escalated into a "massive protest rally". It was reported that the Chongjin local government-issued verbal instructions relaxing the enforcement activity until the time of the next grain ration.[7]

Administrative divisions

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From 1948 to 1960, 1967 to 1977, and 1987 to present, Ch'ŏngjin was governed as a part of North Hamgyong Province. From 1960 until 1967, and again from 1977 to 1987, Chongjin was administered as a directly governed city.[8]

Ch'ŏngjin is divided into seven wards (구역, kuyŏk, Korean pronunciation: [kujʌk]).

Geography

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Chongjin is located in the northeast of North Korea, in North Hamgyong Province, near the East Korea Bay (Kyŏngsŏng Bay)[9] in the Sea of Japan. The Susong River (수성천) runs through the city; contained in the city are the Sodu Stream (서두수) and Mount Komal (고말산).

Climate

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Chongjin has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dwa, bordering on Dwb) with cold, dry winters and warm, rainy summers.

Climate data for Chongjin (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1957–present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 9.3
(48.7) 		12.2
(54.0) 		22.3
(72.1) 		31.8
(89.2) 		34.5
(94.1) 		33.4
(92.1) 		36.1
(97.0) 		33.8
(92.8) 		34.0
(93.2) 		27.2
(81.0) 		20.5
(68.9) 		14.3
(57.7) 		36.1
(97.0)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −0.4
(31.3) 		1.5
(34.7) 		6.4
(43.5) 		12.7
(54.9) 		17.0
(62.6) 		20.4
(68.7) 		24.0
(75.2) 		25.6
(78.1) 		22.6
(72.7) 		16.8
(62.2) 		8.5
(47.3) 		1.9
(35.4) 		13.1
(55.6)
Daily mean °C (°F) −4.7
(23.5) 		−3.0
(26.6) 		1.9
(35.4) 		7.7
(45.9) 		12.1
(53.8) 		16.3
(61.3) 		20.6
(69.1) 		22.1
(71.8) 		18.0
(64.4) 		11.7
(53.1) 		3.8
(38.8) 		−2.5
(27.5) 		8.7
(47.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −8.8
(16.2) 		−7.2
(19.0) 		−2.2
(28.0) 		3.4
(38.1) 		8.4
(47.1) 		13.4
(56.1) 		18.0
(64.4) 		19.1
(66.4) 		13.6
(56.5) 		6.6
(43.9) 		−0.5
(31.1) 		−6.5
(20.3) 		4.8
(40.6)
Record low °C (°F) −22.2
(−8.0) 		−19.0
(−2.2) 		−16.1
(3.0) 		−6.0
(21.2) 		0.0
(32.0) 		5.0
(41.0) 		8.6
(47.5) 		9.4
(48.9) 		2.4
(36.3) 		−6.0
(21.2) 		−15.0
(5.0) 		−20.0
(−4.0) 		−22.2
(−8.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 12.2
(0.48) 		7.4
(0.29) 		15.1
(0.59) 		29.6
(1.17) 		64.7
(2.55) 		73.8
(2.91) 		126.7
(4.99) 		126.1
(4.96) 		79.8
(3.14) 		34.0
(1.34) 		29.2
(1.15) 		15.3
(0.60) 		613.9
(24.17)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 4.0 2.6 3.1 4.2 8.4 9.8 11.6 10.5 6.3 3.5 4.0 4.4 72.4
Average snowy days 8.0 4.9 3.9 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 3.3 7.5 28.7
Average relative humidity (%) 61.6 61.9 62.8 65.7 75.4 83.7 87.2 84.2 75.8 67.2 63.0 59.9 70.7
Source 1: Korea Meteorological Administration[10]
Source 2: Pogoda.ru.net (extremes)[11]

Economy

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Chongjin is one of the DPRK's important steel and fiber industry centers. It has a shipyard, a locomotive plant, and a rubber factory. Near the port area are the Chongjin Steel Co., Chemical Textile Co., May 10 Coal Mine Machinery Factory, and Kimchaek Iron & Steel (which was called Nippon Steel during the Japanese occupation);[2] however industrial activities in the city have been severely handicapped due to a lack of resources. Despite this, however, Chongjin is estimated to have a 24 percent share of the DPRK's foreign trade and is home to a resident Chinese consul who serves Chinese merchants and businesspersons operating in the northeast of the country.[12] Chongjin also contains Sunam Market, an example of market economics in North Korea.[13]

Because of the heavy concentration of industries in the area, Chongjin is also the DPRK's air pollution black spot.[citation needed] With the collapse of the Soviet Union and the subsequent shortage of oil to generate electricity, many factories have been shuttered. One of the first senior U.N. officials permitted to visit the area, Tun Myat, observed in 1997 when the North Korea economic crisis reached its peak, "Chongjin was like a forest of scrap metal, with huge plants that seem to go on for miles and miles that have been turned into rust buckets. I've been all over the world, and I've never seen anything quite like this."[14]

Chongjin Bus Factory, established in 1981, supplies a large number of buses and trolleybuses to Chongjin.[15] It also builds the trams used within Chongjin, including one articulated tram.[16] In recent years, the factory has built more trolleybuses that visually resemble the Chollima-321 of the Trolleybuses in Pyongyang.[17]

The city is powered by the Chongjin Thermal Power Plant. The coal used by the power plant is allegedly mined in Kwan-li-so No.22,[18] although since then the prison has apparently been closed.[19] The plant has an estimated generation capacity of 150 MW.[20]

Other industries

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  • Chosun Clothing Factory – makes Vinalon cloth into uniforms
  • North Hamgyong Provincial Broadcasting Company
  • Majon Deer Company – makes medicine from deer antlers[21]
  • Second Metal Construction Company
  • Onpho Hot Springs
  • Soenggiryong mines – kaolin mine
  • North Hamgyong Provincial E-Business Institute[22]

The area has little arable land, so the famine in the 1990s hit the residents of Chongjin particularly hard. During the late 1990s, the city's residents experienced some of the highest death rates from famine, which might have been as high as 20 percent of the population. By 1995, the local frog population was wiped out due to overhunting.[2]

Prisons

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Shipping

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Chongjin's port has established itself as a critical component of busy international shipping trade with neighbouring parts of Northeast and Southeast Asia. Of DPRK's eight international shipping ports, Chongjin is thought to be the second most economically important (after Nampho port on the west coast)[24] and serves as a base of trade to Russia and Japan. Chongjin also boasts a seamen's club which serves to cater for foreign crews as well as a meeting base for North Koreans and foreigners engaged in the shipping trade.[12]

The People's Republic of China and Russia have set up their consulates in Chongjin. It is unique for a North Korean city to have a foreign consulate. Chongjin is the administrative centre of the North Hamgyong Province.

Transport

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Air

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Orang Airport located in Orang County 40 kilometres from Chongjin is equipped with a 2,500 m (8,200 ft) runway on military and civilian dual purpose air station (CHO). North Korea planned to upgrade an old airport near Hamhung as late as 2003, so that it would have a 4,000 m (13,000 ft) runway, and would act as the nation's second international airport. However, it is still not completed.

Rail

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The Wonson-Rason Railway and Chongjin-Rason Railway (Pyongra Line) electric railways operated by the Korean State Railway connect Rason and capital Pyongyang.

Urban transit

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Further information: Trams in Chongjin

Chongjin is the only city in North Korea other than Pyongyang to operate a tram system. These trams are all locally manufactured. It consists of one line built in two phases, phase 1,6 km (3.7 mi), and phase 2,7 km (4.3 mi).[25] It has a turning loop in Pongchon and Namchongjin, with the depot located in Sabong.

A trolleybus system also operates with 3 lines: Chongam - Yokchon, Hae'an - Sabong and Namchongijn - Ranam.[26]

Education

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Universities and colleges

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There are several state-run higher educational facilities located here, such as:

The Kim Jong-suk Teachers' College, which was named after Kim Jong Il's mother, Kim Jong-suk, is in Chongjin.[2]

Schools

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Schools for gifted and talented students include:

Culture

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There is an aquatic product research center. Famous scenic sites include hot springs and Mt. Chilbo. Chongjin's most famous product is processed squid. The city is home to the football team, the Ch'ŏngjin Chandongcha.

The local newspaper is the Hambuk Daily.[2]

Chongjin is featured in the book Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick.[2]

Other cultural locations

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  • North Hamgyong Province Theater (함경북도 극장)
  • Chonmasan Hotel for foreign visitors to stay at, built to convey the power of the government over the individual; in 1997, a French aid worker from Action contre la Faim was allowed to stay there but was not let out of the hotel to observe the famine conditions.[2]
  • Pohanng Square has a 25-foot bronze statue and the Revolutionary History Museum
  • Inmin Daehakseup Dang (Grand People's Study House)
  • Chongjin Children's Palace (청진학생소년궁전): Artistic talented students do extracurricular activities here after school.

Sister cities

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Chongjin has two sister cities:

Notable people from Chongjin

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  • North Hamgyong Provincial Office during the Japanese colonial era
    North Hamgyong Provincial Office during the Japanese colonial era
  • Port of Chongjin during the Japanese colonial era
    Port of Chongjin during the Japanese colonial era
  • Ranam Shinto Shrine during the Japanese colonial era
    Ranam Shinto Shrine during the Japanese colonial era

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "City has great potential for growth". The Pyongyang Times. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Demick, Barbara (2010). Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea (UK ed.). London: Granta Publications. ISBN 978-1-84708-141-4.
  3. ^ a b "청진시".
  4. ^ "Woolverton Inn - Ceremony - North Korea's Geography & Major cities - A Map viewing major cities and the capital of North Korea. Highlighting important geographical locations and points of interest. One in particular being the 38th parallel". www.communitywalk.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  5. ^ Grosvenor, Gilbert, ed. (December 1945). Japan and Korea (JPG) (Map). 1:3,000,000. Cartography by Cartographic Section, National Geographic Society. Washington: National Geographic.
  6. ^ "ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed EC-121M Super Constellation 135749 Chongjin". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  7. ^ a b Good Friends, “North Korea Today,” No. 113 (Mar. 14, 2008)
  8. ^ 행정구역 개편 일지. The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 5 April 2006. Archived from the original on 2 November 2006. Retrieved 2 November 2006.
  9. ^ "Chongjin". Encyclopaeida Britannica. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  10. ^ "30 years report of Meteorological Observations in North Korea (1991 ~ 2020)" (PDF) (in Korean). Korea Meteorological Administration. pp. 201, 267, and 343. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  11. ^ Климат Чхонджин (in Russian). Weather and Climate (Погода и климат). Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  12. ^ a b Smith, Hazel (2009).North Korean Shipping: A Potential for WMD Proliferation?, Asia Pacific Issues. No. 87. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
  13. ^ Kim, Jieun (9 June 2017). "North Korea Party Officials Monopolize Local Market Stands". Radio Free Asia. The source referred to thriving Sunam Market in North Hamgyong's capital Chongjin—North Korea's third-largest city—where profits from running a stand can generate profits "as high as those earned by foreign currency-generating organizations."
  14. ^ Demick, Barbara. "Deprivation Spurs Change in N. Korea". The Seoul Times. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  15. ^ 북한지역정보넷. www.cybernk.net. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  16. ^ "Chongjin, Tramway — Roster". transphoto.org. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  17. ^ "Rodong Sinmun". Archived from the original on 16 April 2020.
  18. ^ "Introduction to Korean History and Culture 2017 – Lecture 11 – North Korea" (PDF). p. 9. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  19. ^ "Camp 22 Disbanded on Defection Fear". DailyNK. 28 September 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  20. ^ "Pyongyang's Perpetual Power Problems". 38 North. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  21. ^ Demick, Barbara (2010). Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea. ISBN 9781847081414.
  22. ^ "North Hamgyong Provincial E-Business Institute Newly Built". Korean Central News Agency. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  23. ^ "KINU White paper on human rights in North Korea 2009" (PDF). p. 125.
  24. ^ "North Korea Infrastructure (Ports)". Asia Trade Hub. Archived from the original on 29 March 2016.
  25. ^ "Photo: Chongjin — Maps". transphoto.org. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  26. ^ "Chongjin". transphoto.org. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  27. ^ "Chongjin（D.P.R.K.）". Changchun Municipal People's Government. Archived from the original on 25 September 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  28. ^ "Chongjin（D.P.R.K.）". People's Government of Jilin. 12 April 2011. Archived from the original on 23 October 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2017.

Further reading

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  • Dormels, Rainer. North Korea's Cities: Industrial facilities, internal structures and typification. Jimoondang, 2014. ISBN 978-89-6297-167-5
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