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Manpo 
View of Manpo from the Ji'an Yalu River Border Railway BridgeKorean name Chosŏn'gŭl 만포시 Hancha 滿浦市 McCune–Reischauer Manp'o si Revised Romanization Manpo-si Statistics Administrative divisions 1 ŭp, 5 labor districts, 15 ri Manp'o is a city of northwestern Chagang Province, North Korea. As of 1991, it had an estimated population of 100,893. It looks across the border to the city of Ji'an, Jilin province, China.
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History
Manp'o was incorporated as a city in 1961.
Geography
Along the shores of the Yalu River and the Kŏnp'o River are the small Kosan Plain and the Kŏnha Plain.
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.
Economy
Lumber processing and transportation are well developed.
See also
External links
- (Korean) In Korean language online encyclopedias:
- North Korea Uncovered, (North Korea Google Earth) see much of Manpo's industrial and political infrastructure on Google Earth.
Metropolitan cities of North Korea Directly governed city Provincial capitals Cities (not included above) Chagang Capital 
Cities Counties Categories:- Cities in Chagang
- China–North Korea border crossings
- North Korea geography stubs
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