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| native_name_lang = koList of second-level administrative divisions of North Korea>County| translit_lang1 = Korean | translit_lang1_type1 = Chosŏn'gÅ­lHanchaMcCune-Reischauer}}| translit_lang1_info3 = Ŭiju-gunRevised Romanization}}| translit_lang1_info4 = Uiju-gun| image_skyline = 1976-75-33c,b,a-dig2018.jpg| imagesize = | image_caption = Fierce battle at Uiju (between the Imperial Japanese army & Korean forces, 19th C)| image_map = Uiju county in North Phyongan Province.svg| mapsize = 270px| subdivision_type = Country| subdivision_name = North KoreaProvinces of North Korea>ProvinceNorth Pyongan Province>North P'yŏngan| area_total_km2 = 420| population_as_of = 2008| population_total = 110018| population_density_km2 = Administrative divisions of North Korea>Administrative divisions| parts = 1 Å­p, 2 workers' districts, 17 ri}}Ŭiju County is a kun, or county, in North Pyongan Province, North Korea. The county has an area of 420 km², and a population of 110,018 (2008 data).

Name

Ŭiju appears as Uiju in South Korea's Revised Romanization and as Yizhou in Chinese sources, as during its occupation by Mao Wenlong's forces during the Transition from Ming to Qing.

Geography

Sakchu county and Kusŏng lie to the east; Sŏnch'ŏn and Ch'ŏlsan counties to the south; and Ryongch'ŏn county and Sinŭiju to the west. To the north, Ŭiju shares a border with China.

Administrative divisions

Ŭiju county is divided into 1 ŭp (town), 2 rodongjagu (workers' districts) and 17 ri (villages):{|

• Ŭiju-Å­p (의주읍)
• Tŏngryong-rodongjagu (덕룡로동자구)
• Tŏkhyŏl-lodongjagu (덕현로동자구)
• Chungdal-li (중단리)
• Ch'unsal-li (춘산리)
• Ch'u-ri (추리)
• HÅ­ngnam-ri (흥남리)
• KÅ­mgwang-ri (금광리)
• Misong-ri (미송리)
• ÅŽjŏng-ri (어적리)

• Ryonggye-ri (룡계리)
• Ryong'ul-li (룡운리)
• Sangha-ri (상하리)
• Sŏho-ri (서호리)
• Sujil-li (수진리)
• Taehwa-ri (대화리)
• Taemul-li (대문리)
• T'aesal-li (태산리)
• Unch'ŏl-li (운천리)
• Yŏn'u-ri (연우리)

Transportation

Ŭiju county is served by the Tŏkhyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway. There is also an airport, Uiju Airfield (ICAO airport code: ZKUJ).

1980 earthquake

Ŭiju earthquake was a 5.3 magnitude earthquake that occurred in Ŭiju County in 1980.WEB, No One Hurt as Earthquake Rocks Korea, The Chosun Ilbo, 2015-09-09,weblink It is among the largest earthquakes by magnitude recorded in the Korean Peninsula since South Korea began official earthquake observation in 1978.WEB, 'Korea is not safe from earthquakes', Kim Se-jeong, The Korea Times, 2015-04-27, 2015-09-09,weblink

See also

• Geography of North Korea
• Ojok-tong
• Battle of the Yalu River (1904)

References

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External links

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