Chongjin

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Ch'ŏngjin City
Korean Name
McCune-Reischauer	Ch'ŏngjin-shi
Revised Romanization	Cheongjin-si
Hangul	청진시
Hanja	淸津市
Statistics
Population	?
Area	?
Government	Capital of North Hamgyŏng; former Directly Governed City
Administrative Divisions	7 wards ("Kuyŏk")
Region	Kwanbuk
Dialect	Hamgyŏng
Split from	North Hamgyŏng, 1960, 1977
Rejoined	North Hamgyŏng, 1967, 1985

Ch'ŏngjin (Ch'ŏngjin-shi) is the capital of North Hamgyŏng Province, North Korea. From 1960 to 1967 and again from 1977 to 1985, Ch'ŏngjin was administered separately from North Hamgyŏng as a Directly Governed City (Chik'alshi), but before 1960, from 1967 to 1977, and since 1985, the city has been part of North Hamgyŏng Province.

Administrative Divisions

Ch'ŏngjin is divided into 7 wards ("Kuyŏk").

• Ch'ŏngam-guyŏk (청암구역; 青岩區域)
• Nanam-guyŏk (나남구역; 羅南區域)
• P'ohang-guyŏk (포항구역; 浦港區域)
• Puyun-guyŏk (부윤구역; 富潤區域)
• Shinam-guyŏk (신암구역; 新岩區域)
• Songp'yŏng-guyŏk (송평구역; 松坪區域)
• Sunam-guyŏk (수남구역; 水南區域)

See also

• List of Korea-related topics

Administrative divisions of North Korea
Directly Governed Cities P'yŏngyang | Rasŏn
Former Directly Governed Cities Ch'ŏngjin | Hamhŭng | Kaesŏng | Namp'o
Special Administrative Regions Kaesŏng Industrial Region | Kŭmgang-san Tourist Region | Shinŭiju Special Administrative Region
Provinces Chagang | North Hamgyŏng | South Hamgyŏng | North Hwanghae | South Hwanghae | Kangwŏn | North P'yŏngan | South P'yŏngan | Ryanggang

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