Manpo 만포시 |
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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
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Map of North Korea showing the location of Manpo | |
Coordinates: 41°09′25″N 126°17′24″E / 41.157°N 126.290°ECoordinates: 41°09′25″N 126°17′24″E / 41.157°N 126.290°E | |
Country | North Korea |
Province | Chagang Province |
Administrative divisions | 1 ŭp, 5 labor districts, 15 ri |
Manpho (Korean pronunciation: [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 province, China.
Manp'o was incorporated as a city in 1961.
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.
Manp'o is divided into 11 tong and 15 ri:
Lumber processing and transportation are well developed.