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Hyesan

Hyesan
Korean Name
McCune-Reischauer Hyesan
Revised Romanization Hyesan
Hangul 혜산
Hanja 惠山

Hyesan is a city in the northern part of the northern Yanggang province of North Korea. Main hub of river transportation, product distribution centre. Ryanggang Province administrative centre.

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Geography

The city is located in the Paektu Mountains at the border with the People's Republic of China (Jilin province), from which it is separated by the Yalu River (Korean: Amnok River). Located in Ryanggang Province, the Amnok River upstream, separates Chengbai Korean autonomous county, People's Republic of China.

In 1915, the extreme lowest temperature is recorded -42 ℃, is coldest area of Korea, forest resources is rich.

Transportation

Connect by railway and the road.

Culture

It has Hyesan High School and Hyesan Girl ' s School.

Neighbor has Kwaegung Pavilion, Naegok Hot Spring and Mountain Paektu.

Industry

It has lumber processing mill, paper mill and textile mill.

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Last updated: 05-23-2005 00:46:42