Songnim

Songnim-si
Korean alphabet :	송림 시
Chinese characters :	松林市
Revised Romanization :	Songnim-si
McCune-Reischauer :	Songnim-si
	Basic data
Province :	Hwanghae-pukto
Coordinates :	38 ° 44 ′ N , 125 ° 38 ′ E Coordinates: 38 ° 44 ′ N , 125 ° 38 ′ E
Residents:	128,831 (as of 2008)
Structure:	1 ŭp, 5 rodongjagu, 15 ri
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	Songnim-si
	Songnim-si
	Songnim-si on the map of North Korea.

Songnim ( kor. 송림 ) is a port city in North Korea with 128,831 inhabitants. It is located in Hwanghae-pukto Province on the Taedong River and is a center of the steel industry .

history

Until 1910 the place was called Solme ( 솔메 ) and was a poor village.

View of the Mitsubishi ironworks in Kenjiho during the Japanese colonial period (photo taken before 1945)

From 1910 to 1945 Korea was a colony of Japan . During this time the place was called Kenjiho ( Japanese 兼二浦 ; 겸이 포 , Kyŏmip'o ). In 1916 an iron foundry was founded . With the developing steel industry, Kenjiho quickly grew into a city.

In 1947 the place was renamed to its current name.

During the Korean War , Songnim was completely destroyed by bombing.

Web links

JoongAng Ilbo : 송림 시 (松林市) SONGRIMSI from 1997 (Korean)
Rainer Dormels: Songrim - the city of the Hwanghae Iron and Steel Complex , 2014 (PDF; 527 kB)

Individual evidence

↑ 2008 Census of Population of DPR Korea (PDF file; 1.4 MB), Central Bureau of Statistics , p. 21 Songrim City (English).
↑ ^a ^b ^c Songnim in the Encyclopædia Britannica , accessed on April 25, 2013 (English).

[1] 2008 Census of Population of DPR Korea (PDF file; 1.4 MB), Central Bureau of Statistics , p. 21 Songrim City (English).

[EB-2] Songnim in the Encyclopædia Britannica , accessed on April 25, 2013 (English).