Haeju

Haeju (Hangeul: 해주, Hanja: 海州, romanisation McCune-Reischauer: Haeju, Romanisation revised: Haeju) is a city North-Korean, chief town of the province of the Southern Hwanghae, located at 140 km in the south of Pyongyang. Of a surface of 32 km 2 , Haeju counted 236.000 inhabitants in 2000.

Localization

Located in edge of the Bay of Haeju, opposite the Yellow Sea, with a 79 m height, Haeju is the only port of the Western coast of the North Korea where it generally does not freeze in winter.

History

At the beginning of the XXe century, the city thus became a strategic port for the trade sino-Korean.

Haeju is the birthplace of Kim Gu and Ahn Chung-gun which fought for the independence of Korea: Kim Gu was one of the leaders of the revolt of Tonghak in 1894, Ahn Chung-gun assassinated in 1909 Hirobumi Itō, resident Japanese general in Korea.

Economy

Haeju shelters chemical plants and a cement factory.

The South Korean companies Hyundai and Samsung considered the creation of joint-ventures in Haeju.

Culture

Haeju is the seat of a university.

Its famous tourist sites are, in addition to its Pagode S:

The city has a vegetation made up of pines, apricot trees, and pear trees.

The principal sites near Haeju are:

  • the Falls of water of Suyangsan, height a 128 m,
  • Sokdamgugok,
  • the fort of the Mount Suyang,
  • the Temple Sohyonso.

Means of transport

Haeju has a civil and military airport (see the article detailed on the Aéroport of Haeju).

References and notes

External sources

  • Korea Map
  • Presentation in English on the site of Encyclopedia off Modern Asia

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