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Hyesan
Korean name
Chosǒn'gǔl: 혜산
Hanja: 惠山
McCune-Reischauer: Hyesan
Revised Romanization: Hyesan

Hyesan is a city in the northern part of the northern Ryanggang province of North Korea. Main hub of river transportation, product distribution centre. Ryanggang Province administrative centre. The population of the city is estimated to be 110,000 in 2000. Hangul (한글) is the native alphabet used to write the Korean language, as opposed to the Hanja system borrowed from China. ... Hanja (lit. ... McCune-Reischauer is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced (a modified) McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... Ryanggang (Ryanggang-do) is a province in North Korea. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the year 2000. ...

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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 (Amnok) River. Located in Ryanggang Province, the Amnok River upstream, separates Chengbai Korean autonomous county, People's Republic of China. Baitou (Paektu) Mountain is a mountain on the border between China and North Korea. ... Jilin (Chinese: 吉林; pinyin: Jílín; Wade-Giles: Chi-lin; Postal System Pinyin: Kirin), is a province of the Peoples Republic of China located in the northeastern part of the country. ... The Yalu (Amnok) River is a river on the border between China and North Korea. ...


In 1915, the lowest temperature of -42 ℃ was recorded. It is in the coldest area of Korea, and its forest resources are rich. Jump to: navigation, search 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...


Transportation

Connected 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.


See also

  • List of Korea-related topics

This is a list of Wikipedia articles on Korea-related people, places, things, and concepts. ...

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