Capital city of North Hamgyong Province, North Korea
Not to be confused with Chongqing.
Municipal city in North Hamgyong, North Korea
Chongjin
청진
Municipal city
Korean transcription(s)
• Chŏsŏn'gŭl
청진시
• Hancha
淸津市
• McCune–Reischauer
Ch'ŏngjin-si
• Revised Romanization of Korean
Cheongjin-si
Clockwise from top: Downtown Chongjin in September 2011 (as seen from the city's monument of Kim Il Sung), Fuso buses at Chongjin Airport, Air Koryo aircraft at Chongjin Airport, Air Koryo crew at Chongjin Airport
Nickname:
City of Iron
Map of North Hamgyong showing the location of Chongjin
• Chairman of the Chongjin City People’s Committee of North Hamgyong Province
Kang Jun[1]
Area
• Total
269 km2 (104 sq mi)
Population
(2008)
• Total
627,000
• Density
2,330/km2 (6,000/sq mi)
• Dialect
Hamgyong
Time zone
UTC+09:00 (Pyongyang Time)
Chŏngjin (Korean pronunciation:[tsʰʌŋ.dʑin]; Korean: 청진시; MR: Ch'ŏngjin-si) is the capital of North Korea's North Hamgyong Province (함경북도) and the country's third-largest city. It is sometimes called The City of Iron.[2]
^"City has great potential for growth". The Pyongyang Times. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^Demick, Barbara (2010). Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea (UK ed.). London: Granta Publications. ISBN 978-1-84708-141-4.
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