Namp'o

Namp'o (North Korean offeecial spellin: Nampho; Korean pronunciation: [nampɸo]; 남포특별시, 南浦特別市; Namp'o T'ŭkpyŏlsi, Nampo Teukbyeolsi) is a ceety an seaport in Pyongannam-do, North Korea. It wis a provincial-level Directly Governed Ceety (Chikhalsi) frae 1980 tae 2004, when it wis designatit a "Special Ceety" (T'ŭkgŭpsi) an made a pairt o Sooth P'yŏngan.

Namp'o 남포
Municipal Ceety wi special status
남포특별시
Korean transcription(s)
• Chosŏn'gŭl	남포특별시
• Hancha	南浦特別市
• McCune-Reischauer	Namp'o-t'ŭkpyŏlsi
• Revised Romanization	Nampo-teukbyeolsi
Kintra	North Korea
Region	Haesŏ
Area
• Total	829 km2 (320 sq mi)
Population  (2008)
• Total	366,815
• Dialect	P'yŏngan

Namp'o is situatit some 50 kilometres sooth wast o P'yŏngyang, at the mooth o the Taedong River. It wis oreeginally a sma fishin veelage, but opened as a port o foreign tred in 1897, an began tae develop intae a modren port efter liberation in 1945. Wi the rapid increase in state investment, the ceety's industrial capacity grew.

Thay include the Namp'o Smelter Complex, the Namp'o Glass Corporation, the Namp'o Shipbuilding Complex, the Namp'o Fishery Complex an ither central an local factories. Namp'o is a centre for the DPRK shipbiggin industry. North o the ceety are facilities for freight transportation, aquatic products, an fishery, an a sea salt factory. The apples grown in Namp'o's Ryonggang destrict (룡강군) are a famous local product.

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• Tianjin, Cheenae
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