Manpo 만포시 | |
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| Manpho | |
| Korean transcription(s) | |
| • Chosŏn'gŭl | 만포시 |
| • Hancha | 滿浦市 |
| • McCune-Reischauer | Manp'o si |
| • Revised Romanization | Manpo-si |
 View of Manpo from the Ji'an Yalu River Border Railway Bridge | |
 Map of Chagang showing the location of Manpo | |
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  Manpo Location within North Korea | |
| Coordinates:41°09′25″N126°17′24″E / 41.157°N 126.290°E /41.157; 126.290 | |
| Country | North Korea |
| Province | Chagang Province |
| Administrative divisions | 11tong, 15ri |
| Government | |
| • Party Chairman of Manpo | O Myong Chol[1] |
| Population (2008) | |
• Total | 116,760 |
| • Dialect | P'yŏngan |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Pyongyang Time) |
Manpo (Korean pronunciation:[man.pʰo]) is a city of northwesternChagang Province,North Korea. As of 2008, it had an estimated population of 116,760. It looks across the border to the city ofJi'an,Jilin province, China.
Manp'o was incorporated as a city in October 1967. Earlier, in October 1949, it had been combined into a single county consisting Manpo-myon, Kosan-myon, Oegwi-myon, Iso-myon and Sijung-myon, which were split fromKanggye-gun.[2] Manpo had first been mentioned in 1424, in theVeritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty. During the Joseon Dynasty, fortresses and camps were built in this area, for which the city is now named after.[3]
Along the shores of theYalu River, which various tributaries flow into, and the Kŏnp'o River are the small Kosan Plain and the Kŏnha Plain.
The majority of Manpo is located at a lower height than the rest ofJagang Province, though the northeast and east do have areas of higher elevation, which gradually slopes down to the much lower areas along the banks of theYalu River. Around 75.6% of the city is covered by forests.[4]
Manpo has ahumid continental climate (Köppen climate classification:Dwa).
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.
| Climate data for Manpo | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −6.3 (20.7) | −1.9 (28.6) | 5.9 (42.6) | 15.8 (60.4) | 22.6 (72.7) | 26.2 (79.2) | 28.3 (82.9) | 27.8 (82.0) | 22.2 (72.0) | 15.4 (59.7) | 4.9 (40.8) | −4.0 (24.8) | 13.1 (55.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −12.9 (8.8) | −8.6 (16.5) | 0.2 (32.4) | 8.8 (47.8) | 15.4 (59.7) | 20.1 (68.2) | 23.4 (74.1) | 22.9 (73.2) | 16.2 (61.2) | 8.8 (47.8) | −0.1 (31.8) | −9.4 (15.1) | 7.1 (44.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −19.5 (−3.1) | −15.2 (4.6) | −5.5 (22.1) | 1.9 (35.4) | 8.3 (46.9) | 14.0 (57.2) | 18.6 (65.5) | 18.0 (64.4) | 10.3 (50.5) | 2.2 (36.0) | −5.1 (22.8) | −14.8 (5.4) | 1.1 (34.0) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 11 (0.4) | 13 (0.5) | 20 (0.8) | 51 (2.0) | 71 (2.8) | 116 (4.6) | 236 (9.3) | 220 (8.7) | 90 (3.5) | 44 (1.7) | 33 (1.3) | 16 (0.6) | 921 (36.2) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[5] | |||||||||||||
Manp'o is divided into 11tong and 15ri:
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Lumber processing and transportation are well developed.
Man'po is connected to other cities in North Korea by road, and by theUnha,Manpo andPukbunaeryuk lines of theKorean State Railway.
A new trolleybus line opened with its first phase in December 2019 from Kunmak-dong to Pyolo-dong.[6][7] The total length is around 5 km.[8]
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