Sinŭiju Special Administrative Region
Flag	Coat of Arms
Korean Name
McCune-Reischauer	Sinŭiju T'ŭkpyŏl Haengjŏnggu;
Revised Romanization	Sinuiju Teukbyeol Haengjeonggu
Hangul	신의주 특별 행정구
Hanja	新義州特別行政區
Short Name	Sinŭiju (Sinuiju; 신의주; 新義州)
Statistics
Population	349,500 (1998 estimates)
Area	132 sq km
Government	Special Administrative Region with its own Basic Law
Split from	North P'yŏngan, 2002
Region	Kwansŏ
Dialect	P'yŏngan

Sinŭiju Special Administrative Region (Sinŭiju T'ŭkbyŏl Haengjeonggu; 신의주 특별 행정구; 新義州特別行政區) is a special administrative region (SAR) of North Korea, on the border with China. It was established in September 2002 in an area including parts of Sinŭiju and the surrounding area, in an attempt to introduce market economics, and is directly governed as in the case of "Directly Governed Cities". The special administrative region is modelled after China's Special Administrative Regions (SARs), Hong Kong and Macau, and, like them, has a "Basic Law" (기본법; Kibonpŏp). Image File history File links Sinuiju. ... Image File history File links Sinuiju2. ... 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. ... Hangul (한글) is the native alphabet used to write the Korean language, as opposed to the Hanja system borrowed from China. ... Hanja (lit. ... North Pyŏngan (Pyŏngan-pukto) is a province of North Korea. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Korea has traditionally been divided into a number of unofficial regions that reflect historical, geographical, and dialect boundaries within the peninsula. ... Pyŏngan (Pyŏngan-do) was one of the Eight Provinces of Korea during the Joseon Dynasty. ... The Korean language is spoken in a number of different dialects around the Korean peninsula. ... In North and South Korea, Special cities, Metropolitan Cities, and Directly Governed Cities are cities that have a status equivalent to that of Provinces (Do). ... Jump to: navigation, search 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sinŭiju (Sinŭiju-si) is a city in North Korea, on the border with China and is the capital of North Pyŏngan Province. ... A Special Administrative Region (SAR) (Simplified Chinese: 特别行政区; Traditional Chinese: 特別行政區; pinyin: tèbié xíngzhèngqÅ«; Cantonese IPA: /tɐk6piːt6 hɐŋ4tsɪŋ3kʰɵy1/; Jyutping: dak6bit6 hang4zing3keoi1; Yale: dahkbiht hàhngjingkeÅ«i) is a political subdivision of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

Chinese-Dutch businessman Yang Bin was appointed to be the first governor by the SPA Presidium in 2002. Before he formally assumed his post, he was arrested by Chinese authorities and sentenced to 18 years in prison for tax evasion and other economic crimes. While the Korean authorities soon announced that the development of the Sinŭiju SAR would continue and the SAR was put under the administration of its Commission of Foreign Economic Cooperation Promotion, the present status of the SAR is unclear.

Area included in the Special Administrative Region

The order below follows the order given in the original decree (in Korean) [1].

Sinŭiju city (신의주시; 新義州市)

• Kwanmun-dong (관문동; 關門洞)
• Ponbu-dong (본부동; 本部洞)
• Sinwon-dong (신원동; 新元洞)
• Yŏkchŏn-dong (역전동; 驛前洞)
• Ch'ŏngsong-dong (청송동; 青松洞)
• Kŭnhwa-dong (근화동; 芹花洞)
• Paeksa-dong (백사동; 白沙洞)
• Paekun-dong (백운동; 白雲洞)
• Ch'aeha-dong (채하동; 彩霞洞)
• Oil-dong (오일동; 五一洞; aka "May 1-dong")
• Apkang-dong (압강동; 鴨江洞)
• Namsang-dong (남상동; 南上洞)
• Namsŏ-dong (남서동; 南西洞)
• Namjung-dong (남중동; 南中洞)
• Namha-dong (남하동; 南下洞)
• Kaehyŏk-dong (개혁동; 改革洞)
• Haebang-dong (해방동; 解放洞)
• P'yŏnghwa-dong (평화동; 平和洞)
• Minp'o-dong (민포동; 敏浦洞)
• Namsong-dong (남송도; 南松洞)
• Sinnam-dong (신남동; 新南洞)
• Sinp'o-dong (신포동; 新浦洞)
• Sumun-dong (수문동; 水門洞)
• Nammin-dong (남민동; 南敏洞)
• Tongha-dong (동하동; 東下洞)
• Tongjung-dong (동중동; 東中洞)
• Tongsang-dong (동상동; 東上洞)
• Ch'insŏn 1-dong (친선일동; 親善1洞)
• Ch'insŏn 2-dong (친선이동; 親善2洞)
• Pangjik-dong (방직동; 紡織洞)
• Majŏn-dong (마전동; 麻田洞)
• Hadan-ri (하단리; 下端里)
• Sangdan-ri (상단리; 上端里)
• Taji-ri (다지리; 多智里)
• Sŏngsŏ-ri (성서리; 城西里)
• Part of Sŏnsang-dong (선상동; 仙上洞)
• Part of Yŏnha-dong (연하동; 煙下洞)
• Part of Songhan-dong (송한동; 送瀚洞)
• Part of Ryusang 1-dong (류상일동; 柳上1洞)
• Part of Ryŏnsang 1-dong (련상일동; 蓮上1洞)
• Part of Paekt'o-dong (백투동; 白土洞)
• Part of T'osŏng-ri (토성리; 土城里)
• Part of Ryuch'o-ri (류초리; 柳草里)

Ŭiju county (의주군; 義州郡)

• Sŏho-ri (서호리; 西湖里)
• Part of Hongnam-ri (홍남리; 弘南里)
• Part of Taesan-ri (대산리; 臺山里)

Yŏmju county (염주군; 鹽州郡)

• Tasa-rodongjagu (다사로동자구; 多獅勞動者區; aka "Tasa workers' district")
• Part of Sŏkam-ri (석암리; 石岩里)

Ch'ŏlsan county (철산군; 鐵山郡)

• Part of Rihwa-ri (리화리; 梨花里)
• Part of Kŭmsan-ri (금산리; 錦山里)

Due to the areas included in the Special Administrative Region, it is not one single contiguous region, as to get from Sinŭiju city to Yŏmju county, one must pass through another county outside the region first.

See also

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External links

• Basic Law of Sinuiju Special Administrative Region
• Decree at Korean Central News Agency

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