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Songrim (Korean pronunciation: [soŋ.ɾim]) is a city on the Taedong River in North Hwanghae Province, North Korea. It had a population of 128,831 in 2008.
Songrim
송림시 | |
|---|---|
| Korean transcription(s) | |
| • Chosŏn'gŭl | 송림시 |
| • Hancha | 松林市 |
| • McCune-Reischauer | Songrim-si |
| • Revised Romanization | Songrim-si |
 Map of North Hwanghae showing the location of Songrim | |
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  Songrim Location within North Korea | |
| Coordinates: 38°45′15″N 125°38′42″E / 38.7542°N 125.645°ECoordinates: 38°45′15″N 125°38′42″E / 38.7542°N 125.645°E | |
| Country | North Korea |
| Province | North Hwanghae Province |
| Administrative divisions | 19 tong, 6 ri |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 128,831 |
| • Dialect | Hwanghae |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Pyongyang Time) |
Administrative divisionsEdit
Songrim is divided into 19 tong (neighbourhoods) and 6 ri (villages):
- Chŏn-dong
- Ch'ŏlsan-dong
- Kkotp'in-dong
- Negil-dong
- Oryu-dong
- Saemaŭl-dong
- Saesallim 1-dong
- Saesallim 2-dong
- Saesallim 3-dong
- Saesallim 4-dong
- Samga-dong
- Sap'o 1-dong
- Sap'o 2-dong
- Sinhŭng-dong
- Sŏkt'ap-tong
- Songsan-dong
- Tongsong-dong
- Un'gok-tong
- Wŏlbong-dong
- Masal-li
- Sillyang-ri
- Sinsŏng-ri
- Sŏkt'al-li
- Sŏsong-ri
- Tangsal-li
HistoryEdit
Mitsubishi iron works during the colonial period
The city was originally named Solme. Iron works began to be developed during the Japanese colonial period of Korea. Before Korean independence Songrim was known as Kyŏmip'o (Korean: 겸이포; Hanja: 兼二浦).
It was bombed during the Korean War, later it was rebuilt.
ClimateEdit
Songrim has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dwa).
| Climate data for Songrim | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | −0.5 (31.1) |
1.7 (35.1) |
7.6 (45.7) |
15.7 (60.3) |
21.6 (70.9) |
25.9 (78.6) |
28.2 (82.8) |
28.4 (83.1) |
24.4 (75.9) |
18.3 (64.9) |
9.6 (49.3) |
1.4 (34.5) |
15.2 (59.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −5.5 (22.1) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
2.7 (36.9) |
9.9 (49.8) |
15.9 (60.6) |
20.7 (69.3) |
24.2 (75.6) |
24.2 (75.6) |
19.5 (67.1) |
12.5 (54.5) |
4.6 (40.3) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
10.2 (50.4) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −10.4 (13.3) |
−8.4 (16.9) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
4.2 (39.6) |
10.3 (50.5) |
15.6 (60.1) |
20.3 (68.5) |
20.0 (68.0) |
14.6 (58.3) |
6.7 (44.1) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
−7.3 (18.9) |
5.3 (41.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 12 (0.5) |
15 (0.6) |
25 (1.0) |
37 (1.5) |
79 (3.1) |
101 (4.0) |
292 (11.5) |
190 (7.5) |
102 (4.0) |
38 (1.5) |
39 (1.5) |
17 (0.7) |
947 (37.4) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[1] | |||||||||||||
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "Climate: Songrim". Retrieved July 28, 2018.
Further readingEdit
- Dormels, Rainer. North Korea's Cities: Industrial facilities, internal structures and typification. Jimoondang, 2014. ISBN 978-89-6297-167-5
External linksEdit
- City profile of Songrim Archived 2016-03-10 at the Wayback Machine
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