Hoeryong Explained

Hoeryong
Native Name Lang:ko
Settlement Type:Municipal City
Translit Lang1:Korean
Translit Lang1 Type:Chosŏn'gŭl
Translit Lang1 Info:회령시
Translit Lang1 Type1:Hancha
Translit Lang1 Info2:Hoeryŏng-si
Translit Lang1 Info3:Hoeryeong-si
Pushpin Map:North Korea
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within North Korea
Coordinates:42.4333°N 174°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:North Korea
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:North Hamgyong
Population As Of:2008
Population Total:153,532
Population Blank1 Title:Dialect
Population Blank1:Hamgyŏng
Parts Type:Administrative divisions
Parts:19 tong, 28 ri
Timezone:Pyongyang Time
Utc Offset:+9

Hoeryŏng (pronounced as /ko/) is a city in North Hamgyong Province, North Korea. It is located opposite Jilin Province, China, with the Tumen River in between. Sanhe (三合鎮), in Longjing City, is the closest Chinese town across the river. Hoeryŏng is the birthplace of Kim Il Sung's first wife and Kim Jong Il's mother, Kim Jong Suk.[1] The Hoeryong Revolutionary Site commemorates the birthplace.[2]

The former Hoeryŏng concentration camp (Kwalliso No. 22) was located 20km (10miles) from the city.[3]

History

Hoeryŏng was one of the six posts/garrisons (Chosŏngŭl: 육진, Hanja: 六鎭) established under the order of Sejong the Great of Joseon (1418 - 1450) to safeguard his people from the potentially hostile semi-nomadic Jurchens living north of the Yalu river.In 1952, some territories of Hoeryŏng (then a county), which included myoen of Poŭl and parts of myoens of Yonghung and Pyŏksŏng, were incorporated into the then newly created Yusŏn county.[4] After the 1974 incorporation of Yusŏn county, the Yusŏn region became a up and was renamed as Yusŏn worker's region.[4] In early May 2007, the newly appointed Prime Minister Kim Yong-il visited Hoeryŏng. At the time, the Prime Minister brought with him on his train one carriage worth of glass (made in South Korea) and 3 carriages worth of cement. After delivering the goods to the People's Committee of Hoeryŏng he ordered that the city of Hoeryŏng be decorated and adorned as much as a city where Mother Kim Jong Suk's birthplace should be.

Administrative divisions

Hoeryŏng-si is divided into 19 tong (neighbourhoods) and 28 ri (villages):

  • Chungdo-dong
  • Chungbong-dong
  • Ch'irwŏlp'aril-dong
  • Kang'an-dong
  • Kyerim-dong
  • Kungsim-dong
  • Mang'yang-dong
  • Nammun-dong
  • Osandŏk-tong
  • Poŭl-dong
  • Saemaŭl-dong
  • San'ŏp-tong
  • Sech'ŏn-dong
  • Sinch'ŏn-dong
  • Sŏngch'ŏn-dong
  • Subuk-tong
  • Tongmyŏng-dong
  • Yŏkchŏn-dong
  • Yusŏn-dong
  • Ch'angt'ae-ri
  • Ch'anghyo-ri
  • Hakp'o-ri
  • Hangyong-ri
  • Hongsal-li
  • In'ge-ri
  • Kesang-ri
  • Keha-ri
  • Kulsal-li
  • Kŭmsaeng-ri
  • Musal-li
  • Namsal-li
  • Obong-ri
  • Oryu-ri
  • Pangwŏl-li
  • Pyŏksŏng-ri
  • P'ungsal-li
  • Raksaeng-ri
  • Ryongch'ŏl-li
  • Saŭl-li
  • Sinhŭng-ri
  • Sŏngbung-ri
  • Sŏngdong-ri
  • Songhang-ri
  • Taedong-ri
  • Tokhŭng-ri
  • Wŏnsal-li
  • Yŏngsu-ri

Economy

Hoeryŏng's main industries are mining machines and a paper mill. The area contains many mines. According to media reports, in 2017 ordinary residents in Hoeryong receive electricity for 3–4 hours per day.[5] However, many people do not have electricity at all.

Civil unrest

It is reported that on 24 September 2008 only about 20% of Hoeryŏng's city residents attended a civilian defence-training programme held in Hoeryŏng City. The other 80% are thought to have stayed home or tended to private patch fields. As punishment, authorities from the Civilian Defence ordered non-attendees to pay KP₩5,000, however this fine was largely ignored.[6]

2016 Flood

On 29 August 2016, as the result of Typhoon Lionrock, the Tumen River flooded, making many of the residents homeless and causing substantial property damage.[7] The displaced residents moved to China.

Climate

Hoeryong has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dwb).

See also

Further reading

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Brilliant life of Kim Jong Suk . KCNA . 2006-06-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050316073311/http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/1999/9909/news09/22.htm#9 . 2005-03-16.
  2. News: https://web.archive.org/web/20141012034205/http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2011/201112/news14/20111214-33ee.html . Hoeryong Revolutionary Site . 14 December 2011 . 12 October 2014 . KCNA .
  3. Web site: Kwan-li-so No.22 Haengyŏng (Hoeryŏng). Wikimapia . June 18, 2012.
  4. Web site: 회령시. Hoeryong city. ko. Encyclopedia of Korean Culture. 2021-02-02.
  5. News: . Ordinary North Koreans in Hoeryong, North Hamgyong Province, on the other hand, are supplied with electricity for about 3 to 4 hours a day, the North Korean source said. . North Korea supplies high-voltage electricity to border fence . Elizabeth . Shim . July 12, 2017 .
  6. North Korea Today, No. 28. (2008). Research Institute for North Korean society.
  7. Web site: Implications of North Korean Flood. Center for Strategic and International Studies. 2 November 2016. 24 July 2020.