Manpo

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Manpo
Chosŏn'gŭl 만포시 Hancha 滿浦市 McCune-Reischauer Manp'o si Revised Romanization Manpo-si
Statistics
Administrative divisions 1 ŭp, 5 labor districts, 15 ri

Manp'o is a city of northwestern Chagang Province, North Korea. This city has an estimated population of 100,893 (1991).

The yearly average temperature is 6.5℃; the January average temperature, -14.4℃; and the July average temperature, 23.6℃. The yearly average rainfall is 947.8mm

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Economy 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Geography

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

[edit] History

Manp'o was incorporated as a city in 1961.

[edit] Economy

Lumber processing and transportation are well developed.

[edit] See also

• Geography of North Korea

[edit] External links

• (Korean) 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.

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