Manpo

{{Distinguish|Nampo}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Manpo | native_name = {{nobold|만포시}} | native_name_lang = ko | official_name = Manpho | settlement_type = [[List of cities in North Korea|Municipal City]] | translit_lang1 = Korean | translit_lang1_type = [[Hangul|Chosŏn'gŭl]] | translit_lang1_info = 만포시 | translit_lang1_type1 = [[Hancha]] | translit_lang1_info1 = {{linktext|滿|浦|市}} | translit_lang1_type2 = {{nowrap|[[McCune-Reischauer]]}} | translit_lang1_info2 = Manp'o si | translit_lang1_type3 = {{nowrap|[[Revised Romanization]]}} | translit_lang1_info3 = Manpo-si | image_skyline = Jian Yalu River Border Railway Bridge view of Manpo 2011 07 24.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = View of Manpo from the Ji'an Yalu River Border Railway Bridge | image_map = DPRK2006 Chagang-Manpo.PNG | map_caption = Map of Chagang showing the location of Manpo | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 9 | mapframe-point = none | pushpin_map = North Korea | pushpin_map_caption = Location within North Korea | coordinates = {{coord|41.157|126.290|display=title, inline|type:city_region:KP}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[North Korea]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of North Korea|Province]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Chagang Province]] | area_total_km2 = | population_as_of = 2008 | population_total = 116,760 | population_density_km2 = | population_blank1_title = Dialect | population_blank1 = [[Pyongan dialect|P'yŏngan]] | parts_type = [[Administrative divisions of North Korea|Administrative divisions]] | parts = 11 ''tong'', 15 ''ri'' | timezone = [[Time in North Korea|Pyongyang Time]] | utc_offset = +9 | leader_title = Party Chairman of Manpo | leader_name = O Myong Chol <ref name=rodong>{{Cite web|location=Pyongyang|publisher=Rodong Sinmun |date=April 10, 2020|website=rodong.rep.kp|url=https://rodong.rep.kp/ko/index.php?strPageID=SF01_02_01&newsID=2020-05-30-0011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530201822/https://rodong.rep.kp/ko/index.php?strPageID=SF01_02_01&newsID=2020-05-30-0011|archivedate=30 May 2020|title=당의 령도업적을 빛내이는 사업에 힘을 넣어|language=ko}}</ref> }} '''Manpo''' ({{IPA|ko|man.pʰo}}) 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|Ji'an]], [[Jilin]] 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|Kanggye-gun]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=북한지역정보넷|url=http://www.cybernk.net/infoText/InfoAdminstDetail.aspx?mc=AD04&sc=A34005002&tid=AD0400044062&direct=1&direct=1|access-date=2021-12-02|website=www.cybernk.net}}</ref> Manpo had first been mentioned in 1424, in the [[Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty]]. During the Joseon Dynasty, fortresses and camps were built in this area, for which the city is now named after.<ref>{{Cite web|title=북한지역정보넷|url=http://www.cybernk.net/infoText/InfoAdminstList.aspx?mc=AD0101&direct=1&ac=%5C|access-date=2021-12-02|website=www.cybernk.net}}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=북한지역정보넷|url=http://www.cybernk.net/infoText/InfoAdminstList.aspx?ac=A0402&mc=AD0102&direct=1|access-date=2021-12-03|website=www.cybernk.net}}</ref>

===Climate=== Manpo has a [[humid continental climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]]: ''Dwa'').

The yearly average temperature is {{convert|6.5|°C}}; the January average temperature, {{convert|-14.4|°C}}; and the July average temperature, {{convert|23.6|°C}}. The yearly average rainfall is {{convert|947.8|mm}}, generous due to the mountainous terrain. {{Weather box |width = auto | metric first = yes | single line = yes | location = Manpo

| source = Climate-Data.org <ref name="Climate-Data.org">{{cite web |url= https://en.climate-data.org/location/27501/ |title= Climate: Manpo |publisher= Climate-Data.org |access-date=June 30, 2018}}</ref> }}

==Administrative divisions== Manp'o is divided into 11 ''[[Administrative divisions of North Korea|tong]]'' and 15 ''[[Administrative divisions of North Korea|ri]]'':

=== Neighborhoods (dong / tong) === {| class="wikitable" ! MR Name !! RR Name !! Hangul |- | Kang'an-dong || Gangan-dong || 강안동 |- | Kogae-dong || Gogae-dong || 고개동 |- | Kunmak-tong || Gunmak-dong || 군막동 |- | Kuo 1-dong || Guo 1-dong || 구오1동 |- | Kuo 2-dong || Guo 2-dong || 구오2동 |- | Kwanmun-dong || Gwanmun-dong || 관문동 |- | Mun'ak-dong || Munak-dong || 문악동 |- | Ponghwa-dong || Bonghwa-dong || 봉화동 |- | Pyŏl'o-dong || Byeol-o-dong || 별오동 |- | Saemaŭl-dong || Saemaeul-dong || 새마을동 |- | Saemmul-dong || Saemmul-dong || 샘물동 |- | Segŏm-dong || Segeom-dong || 세검동 |}

=== Villages (ri) === {| class="wikitable" ! MR Name !! RR Name !! Hangul |- | Hambu-ri || Hambu-ri || 함부리 |- | Kosal-li || Gosal-ri || 고살리 |- | Kŏnha-ri || Geonha-ri || 건하리 |- | Kŏnjung-ri || Geonjung-ri || 건중리 |- | Kŏnsang-ri || Geonsang-ri || 건상리 |- | Mit'a-ri || Mita-ri || 미타리 |- | Namsang-ri || Namsang-ri || 남상리 |- | Samgang-ri || Samgang-ri || 삼강리 |- | Sipridong-ri || Sipridong-ri || 십리동리 |- | Songhak-ri || Songhak-ri || 송학리 |- | Tŭnggong-ri || Deunggong-ri || 등공리 |- | Yŏnha-ri || Yeonha-ri || 연하리 |- | Yŏnp'o-ri || Yeonpo-ri || 연포리 |- | Yŏnsang-ri || Yeonsang-ri || 연상리 |}

==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 Line|Unha]], [[Manpo Line|Manpo]] and [[Pukbunaeryuk Line|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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=목숨처럼 지켜야 할 본태|url=http://www.uriminzokkiri.com/index.php?ptype=cgisas&mtype=view&no=1190361|access-date=2021-01-25|website=www.uriminzokkiri.com|archive-date=31 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131192459/http://www.uriminzokkiri.com/index.php?ptype=cgisas&mtype=view&no=1190361|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=당의 령도업적을 빛내이는 사업에 힘을 넣어|url=https://rodong.rep.kp/ko/index.php?strPageID=SF01_02_01&newsID=2020-05-30-0011|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=[[Rodong Sinmun]]}}</ref> The total length is around 5 km.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Manpo|url=https://transphoto.org/city/2581/|access-date=2021-01-25|website=transphoto.org}}</ref>

==See also== {{Portal|North Korea}} *[[Geography of North Korea]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Further reading==

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

==External links== *{{baekgwa|yahoo=13266400|naver=59890|empas_k=284169|empas_b=136053}} *[http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=165472#Post165472 North Korea Uncovered] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114214343/http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=165472#Post165472 |date=2012-01-14 }}, (North Korea Google Earth) see much of Manpo's industrial and political infrastructure on Google Earth. *[https://koreanologie.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/p_koreanologie/North_Korean_Cities/Manpho/Manpho.pdf City profile of Manpo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308210343/https://koreanologie.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/p_koreanologie/North_Korean_Cities/Manpho/Manpho.pdf |date=2016-03-08 }}

[[Category:Cities in Chagang Province]] [[Category:China–North Korea border crossings]]