{{Infobox settlement | name = Ŭiju County | native_name = {{nobold|의주군}} | native_name_lang = ko | settlement_type = [[List of second-level administrative divisions of North Korea|County]] | translit_lang1 = Korean | translit_lang1_type1 = [[Chosŏn'gŭl]] | translit_lang1_info1 = 의주군 | translit_lang1_type2 = [[Hancha]] | translit_lang1_info2 = 義州郡 | translit_lang1_type3 = {{nowrap|[[McCune-Reischauer]]}} | translit_lang1_info3 = Ŭiju-gun | translit_lang1_type4 = {{nowrap|[[Revised Romanization]]}} | translit_lang1_info4 = Uiju-gun | image_skyline = View Hushan Wall.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = View of Uiju from [[Dandong]], [[Liaoning]] | image_map = Uiju county in North Phyongan Province.svg | mapsize = 270px | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[North Korea]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of North Korea|Province]] | subdivision_name1 = [[North Pyongan Province|North P'yŏngan]] | area_total_km2 = 420 | population_as_of = 2008 | population_total = 110018 | population_density_km2 = | parts_type = [[Administrative divisions of North Korea|Administrative divisions]] | parts = 1 ''ŭp'', 2 workers' districts, 17 ''ri'' }} '''Ŭiju''' is a [[Administrative divisions of North Korea|kun]], or county, in [[North Pyongan]] Province, [[North Korea]]. The county has an area of 420&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, and a population of 110,018 (2008 data).

==Name== [[File:1976-75-33c,b,a-dig2018.jpg|thumb|Fierce battle at Uiju between the Imperial Japanese army Chinese forces during the [[First Sino-Japanese War]]]] Ŭiju appears as Uiju in [[South Korea]]'s [[Revised Romanization]] and as '''Yizhou''' in Chinese sources, as during its occupation by general [[Mao Wenlong]]'s forces during the [[Transition from Ming to Qing]].

==Geography== Ŭiju County borders [[Sakchu County|Sakchu]] county and [[Kusong|Kusŏng]] to the east, [[Sonchon County|Sŏnch'ŏn]] and [[Cholsan County|Ch'ŏlsan]] counties to the south, and [[Ryongchon County|Ryongch'ŏn]] county and [[Sinuiju|Sinŭiju]] to the west, respectively. To the north, Ŭiju shares a border with [[China]].

==Administrative divisions== Ŭiju county is divided into 1 ''[[Administrative divisions of North Korea|ŭp]]'' (town), 2 ''[[Administrative divisions of North Korea|rodongjagu]]'' (workers' districts) and 17 ''[[Administrative divisions of North Korea|ri]]'' (villages):

{| |- | valign="top" | * Ŭiju-ŭp (의주읍) * Tŏngryong-rodongjagu (덕룡로동자구) * Tŏkhyŏl-lodongjagu (덕현로동자구) * Chungdal-li (중단리) * Ch'unsal-li (춘산리) * Ch'u-ri (추리) * Hŭngnam-ri (흥남리) * Kŭmgwang-ri (금광리) * Misong-ri (미송리) * Ŏjŏng-ri (어적리) | valign="top" | * Ryonggye-ri (룡계리) * Ryong'ul-li (룡운리) * Sangha-ri (상하리) * Sŏho-ri (서호리) * Sujil-li (수진리) * Taehwa-ri (대화리) * Taemul-li (대문리) * T'aesal-li (태산리) * Unch'ŏl-li (운천리) * Yŏn'u-ri (연우리) |}

==Transportation== Ŭiju county is served by the [[Tokhyon Line|Tŏkhyŏn Line]] of the [[Korean State Railway]]. There is also an airport, [[Uiju Airfield]] ([[International Civil Aviation Organization|ICAO]] [[International Civil Aviation Organization airport code|airport code]]: ZKUJ).

==1980 earthquake== Ŭiju earthquake was a 5.3 magnitude earthquake that occurred in Ŭiju County in 1980.<ref name="engl_TheC">{{Cite web| title = No One Hurt as Earthquake Rocks Korea| work=[[The Chosun Ilbo]]| access-date = 2015-09-09| url = http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2007/01/22/2007012261007.html}}</ref> It is among the largest earthquakes by magnitude recorded in the [[Korean Peninsula]] since [[South Korea]] began official earthquake observation in 1978.<ref name="kore_'Kor">{{Cite web| title = 'Korea is not safe from earthquakes'| author = Kim Se-jeong| work=[[The Korea Times]]| date = 2015-04-27| access-date = 2015-09-09| url = https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2015/04/116_177843.html}}</ref>

==See also== *[[Geography of North Korea]] *[[Ojok-tong]] *[[Battle of the Yalu River (1904)]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

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