Sinpo

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title: "Sinpo" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cities-in-south-hamgyong-province"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinpo" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Sinpo
native_name	신포시
native_name_lang	ko
settlement_type	Municipal City
translit_lang1	Korean
translit_lang1_type	Chosŏn'gŭl
translit_lang1_info	신포시
translit_lang1_type1	Hancha
translit_lang1_info1	新
translit_lang1_type2	McCune-Reischauer
translit_lang1_info2	Sinp'o si
translit_lang1_type3	Revised Romanization
translit_lang1_info3	Sinpo-si
image_map	DPRK2006 Hamnam-Sinpo.PNG
map_caption	Map of South Hamgyong showing the location of Sinpo
pushpin_map	North Korea
pushpin_map_caption	Map of North Korea showing the location of Sinpo
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	North Korea
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	South Hamgyong Province
population_as_of	2008
population_total	152,759
population_blank1_title	Dialect
population_blank1	Hamgyŏng
parts_type	Administrative divisions
parts	16 tong, 6 ri
timezone	Pyongyang Time
utc_offset	+9
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Administrative divisions

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Sinp'o is divided into 16 tong (neighbourhoods) and 6 ri (villages):

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Economy

Fishery

It is an important base for fishing, with a recent government emphasis on aquaculture. The DPRK has created aquacultural cooperatives and a central aquaculture office in the city.

Nuclear power

1980s

In 1985 or 1986, the Soviet Union announced it would build a nuclear power plant, in an effort to persuade North Korea to join the International Atomic Energy Agency. According to South Korean sources, the plant was to be located in the Sinpo District, and construction began in 1990, but later ended due to pressure from IAEA, and economic difficulties in the Soviet Union.

1990s

In the 1990s, the Kumho area of Sinpo was the site of two planned reactors which were to have been built by the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO) with international support. The project was later cancelled by the United States in 2002, amidst claims of a breach in a 1994 agreement on North Korea's nuclear weapons programs.

Preparation work on the site began in 1996, and a groundbreaking ceremony took place in 1997, with construction originally expected to be completed in 2003. Workers were removed from the area in January 2006, and the project was officially terminated in May that same year.

Military

Sinpo is a major hub of the defense industry of North Korea, and the Sinpo South Shipyard, its shipyards, have produced the Sinpo-class submarine, and is adjacent to the Mayang-Do Naval Base and a land-based SLBM launch platform. Also, the SINPO-C ballistic missile submarine (SSB) and the SINPO-class experimental ballistic missile submarine (SSBA) were built in the shipyard.

Notable events

Sinp'o is reportedly close to the site of a severe railroad accident in 1995, with over 700 civilians killed. Those who died were passengers from the lower classes, packed into standing-room only cars. The survivors, mostly party elites and their relatives, were in safer cars at the front of the train.

Transport

Sinp'o Station is on the P'yŏngra Line of the Korean State Railway.

Climate

Sinpo has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dwa).{{cite web |url = https://en.climate-data.org/location/26305/ |title = Climate: Sinpo |publisher = Climate-Data.org |access-date = July 26, 2018 |width = auto |location = Sinpo (1991–2020) |metric first = yes |single line = yes | Jan high C = 2.6 | Feb high C = 3.9 | Mar high C = 8.4 | Apr high C = 14.5 | May high C = 19.0 | Jun high C = 22.3 | Jul high C = 25.6 | Aug high C = 26.9 | Sep high C = 23.6 | Oct high C = 18.4 | Nov high C = 11.1 | Dec high C = 4.7 | year high C = 15.1 | Jan mean C = -2.6 | Feb mean C = -0.8 | Mar mean C = 3.7 | Apr mean C = 9.3 | May mean C = 14.0 | Jun mean C = 18.3 | Jul mean C = 22.1 | Aug mean C = 23.1 | Sep mean C = 19.1 | Oct mean C = 13.1 | Nov mean C = 5.8 | Dec mean C = -0.4 | year mean C = 10.4 | Jan low C = -7.2 | Feb low C = -5.5 | Mar low C = -0.6 | Apr low C = 4.7 | May low C = 9.9 | Jun low C = 15.2 | Jul low C = 19.4 | Aug low C = 20.1 | Sep low C = 14.9 | Oct low C = 8.1 | Nov low C = 1.3 | Dec low C = -4.8 | year low C = 6.3 | precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 18.2 | Feb precipitation mm = 14.2 | Mar precipitation mm = 17.0 | Apr precipitation mm = 33.7 | May precipitation mm = 61.3 | Jun precipitation mm = 58.3 | Jul precipitation mm = 152.3 | Aug precipitation mm = 123.8 | Sep precipitation mm = 86.2 | Oct precipitation mm = 39.9 | Nov precipitation mm = 37.6 | Dec precipitation mm = 15.8 | year precipitation mm = 658.3 | unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm | Jan precipitation days = 4.8 | Feb precipitation days = 3.4 | Mar precipitation days = 4.4 | Apr precipitation days = 4.7 | May precipitation days = 6.6 | Jun precipitation days = 6.9 | Jul precipitation days = 10.0 | Aug precipitation days = 9.4 | Sep precipitation days = 6.1 | Oct precipitation days = 4.4 | Nov precipitation days = 5.1 | Dec precipitation days = 3.9 | year precipitation days = 69.7 | Jan snow days = 6.8 | Feb snow days = 5.6 | Mar snow days = 4.6 | Apr snow days = 0.5 | May snow days = 0.0 | Jun snow days = 0.0 | Jul snow days = 0.0 | Aug snow days = 0.0 | Sep snow days = 0.0 | Oct snow days = 0.0 | Nov snow days = 1.5 | Dec snow days = 4.9 | year snow days = 23.9 | Jan humidity = 67.7 | Feb humidity = 66.4 | Mar humidity = 67.2 | Apr humidity = 68.2 | May humidity = 74.7 | Jun humidity = 82.0 | Jul humidity = 85.6 | Aug humidity = 84.3 | Sep humidity = 78.2 | Oct humidity = 71.9 | Nov humidity = 68.4 | Dec humidity = 65.4 | year humidity = 73.3 |source 1 = Korea Meteorological Administration{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220129211112/https://data.kma.go.kr/resources/normals/pdf_data/northkorea_pdf_0104.pdf | archive-date = 29 January 2022 | url = https://data.kma.go.kr/resources/normals/pdf_data/northkorea_pdf_0104.pdf | title = 30 years report of Meteorological Observations in North Korea (1991 ~ 2020) | publisher = Korea Meteorological Administration | access-date = 23 March 2022 | language = ko | url-status = live | pages = 213, 303, and 344}}

Notes

References

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"Shinpo, North Korea". Kable Intelligence Limited.
(30 September 2011). "Geumho-Jigu Light Water Reactor Site".
Cook, Damen. (March 27, 2017). "North Korea's Most Important Submarine Base".
"North Korea’s Submarine Ballistic Missile Program Moves Ahead: Indications of Shipbuilding and Missile Ejection Testing". 38 North.
(2009). "Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea". Spiegel & Grau.

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