Rason

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Rasŏn Directly Governed City

The city of Rasŏn.

Korean name

Chosŏn'gŭl	라선 직할시 or 라진-선봉 직할시
Hancha	羅先直轄市
McCune-Reischauer	Rasŏn Chikhalsi (Rajin-Sŏnbong Chikhalsi)
Revised Romanization	Raseon Jikhalsi (Rajin-Seonbong Jikhalsi)

Short name

Chosŏn'gŭl	라선
Hancha	羅先
McCune-Reischauer	Rasŏn/Nasŏn
Revised Romanization	Raseon/Naseon

Statistics

Area	746 km² (288 sq mi)
Population	205,000
Population density	275 /km² (710 /sq mi)
Government	Directly Governed City
Administrative divisions	1 ward (Kuyŏk), 1 county (Kun)
Region	Kwanbuk

Location map

Map of North Korea highlighting the city.

Rasŏn (formerly Rajin-Sŏnbong) is a Directly Governed City in North Korea, which borders with Jilin province of China and Primorsky Krai of Russia. The region was split from North Hamgyŏng Province in 1993 under the name "Rajin-Sŏnbong;" the name was shortened to "Rasŏn" in 2000. In South Korean pronunciation, the initial "R" of the name is pronounced as "N." Indeed some sources transliterate the name of the city as Najin.

[edit] Administrative divisions

Rasŏn is divided into 1 ward ("Kuyŏk") and 1 county ("Kun").

Rajin-guyŏk (라진구역; 羅津區域)
Sŏnbong-gun (선봉군; 先鋒郡)

[edit] See also

v • d • e Regions and administrative divisions of North Korea

Regions	Kwanbuk (Kwannam) · Kwansŏ · Kwandong (Ryŏngdong • Ryŏngsŏ) · Haesŏ

Provinces	Chagang · Hamgbuk · Hamgnam · Hwangbuk · Hwangnam · Kangwŏn · P'yŏngbuk · P'yŏngnam · Ryanggang

Special administrative regions	Kaesŏng · Kŭmgangsan · Sinŭiju

Directly-governed cities	P'yŏngyang · Rasŏn