Sinpo

For the radio reception report code, see SINPO.

Sinpo is a port ceety on the coast o the Sea o Japan (East Sea o Korea) in central Sooth Hamgyong Province, North Korea. Accordin tae the last available census, approximately 158,000 fowk reside here.

Sinpo
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	신포시
• Hanja	新浦市
• Revised Romanisation	Sinpo-si
• McCune–Reischauer	Sinp'o si
Kintra	North Korea
Admeenistrative diveesions	15 tong, 13 ri
Population (est.)
• Total	158,000

Weather

The average temperatur is -4.1 ℃ in Januar an 22.6 ℃ in August. The average annual rainfaw is 688 millimetres.

Economy

Fishery

It is an important base for fishin, wi a recent govrenment emphasis on aquacultur. The DPRK haes creatit aquacultural cooperatives an a central aquacultur office in the ceety.

Nuclear pouer

Near Sinpo in 1987 the biggin o first naitional nuclear plant wis stairtit bi the USSR but construction wis cancelled in 1991 due tae lack o fundin an in 1993 feenally accordin tae poleetical raisons.

Later this place wis the steid o twa planned reactors which wur tae hae been built bi the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO) wi internaitional support. Preparations on steid began in 1994 an construction o a reactor stairtit in 1997, but wis niver completit. The last foreign wirkers wur remuivit frae the aurie in Januar 2006.

Transport

Sinpo Station is on the Pyongra Line railwey.

See an aw

• Hamgyongnam-do
• Admeenistrative diveesions o North Korea
• Geografie o North Korea

Freemit airtins

• (in Korean) In Korean leid online encyclopaedias:
  • Doosan Encyclopedia (Naver)
  • Korean language Britannica (Empas) (Map)
  • Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (Empas)
  • Pascal World Encyclopedia (Nate)