Uiju County

Ŭiju County 의주군
County
Korean transcription(s)
• Chosŏn'gŭl	의주군
• Hancha	義州郡
• McCune-Reischauer	Ŭiju-gun
• Revised Romanization	Uiju-gun
Country	North Korea
Province	North P'yŏngan
Administrative divisions	1 ŭp, 2 workers' districts, 17 ri
Area
• Total	420 km2 (160 sq mi)
Population (2008)
• Total	110,018

Ŭiju County is a kun, or county, in North Pyongan Province, North Korea. The county has an area of 420 km², and a population of 110,018 (2008 data).

Geography

Sakchu county and Kusŏng lie to the east; Sŏnch'ŏn and Ch'ŏlsan counties to the south; and Ryongch'ŏn county and Sinŭiju to the west. To the north, Ŭiju shares a border with China.

Administrative Divisions

Ŭiju county is divided into 1 ŭp (town), 2 rodongjagu (workers' districts) and 17 ri (villages):

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)

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 Tŏkhyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway]], and there is an airport (ICAO airport code: ZKUJ).

See also

• Geography of North Korea
• 1980 Ŭiju earthquake

External links

• (Korean) In Korean language online encyclopedias:
  • Doosan Encyclopedia (Encyber)
  • Korean language Britannica (Empas) (Map)
  • Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (Empas)
  • Pascal World Encyclopedia (Nate)