Kimch'aek
| Kimch'aek | ||||
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| Korean alphabet : | 김책시 | |||
| Chinese characters : | 金 策 市 | |||
| Revised Romanization : | Gimchaek-si | |||
| McCune-Reischauer : | Kimch'aek-si | |||
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| Province : | Hamgyŏng-pukto | |||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 40 ′ N , 129 ° 12 ′ E | |||
| Residents: | 195,217 (as of January 1, 2005) | |||
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Kimch'aek is a North Korean city in Hamgyŏng-pukto province with about 195,000 inhabitants. It was called Sŏngjin ( kor. Kor , 城 津 ) until 1951 and was then renamed during the Korean War after the fallen general of the Korean People's Army, Kim Ch'aek , who had spent his childhood in a village not far from the city. The port of the city on the Sea of Japan is now one of the most important in the country. It is also a heavy industry location .
The place is the seat of the Wolmido Sports Club .
traffic
The Kimch'aek trolleybus connects the Sinpyong district with a train station.
sons and daughters of the town
- Ch'oe Sŏ-hae , Korean writer
- Pak Pong-ju (* 1939), North Korean politician
- Ri Jong-ok (1916–1999), North Korean politician
Web links
- Kimch'aek in the Encyclopædia Britannica
- Rainer Dormels: Kimchaek - City of Steel and Magnesia Clinker , 2014 (PDF; 365 kB)