Chŏngju (Korean pronunciation: [tsʌŋ.dzu]; also Jŏngju) is a si, or city, in southern North P'yŏngan province, North Korea. Prior to 1994, it was designated as a kun or county. The terrain is mostly level, but mountainous in the north. To the south lies the Chŏngju Plain, where the hills do not rise above 200 metres (660 ft). Chŏngju also includes approximately 10 islands in the Yellow Sea.

Quick Facts Chŏngju 정주시, Korean transcription(s) ...

Chŏngju 정주시
Municipal City
Korean transcription(s)
• Chosŏn'gŭl	정주시
• Hancha	定州市
• McCune-Reischauer	Chŏngju-si
• Revised Romanization	Jeongju-si
Chŏngju Station
Map of North Pyongan showing the location of Chŏngju
Chŏngju Location within North Korea
Coordinates: 39°39′N 125°20′E
Country	North Korea
Province	North P'yŏngan
Administrative divisions	14 tong, 18 ri
Population  (2008)
• Total	189,742
• Dialect	P'yŏngan
Time zone	UTC+9 (Pyongyang Time)

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Some 40 percent of Chŏngju is covered by coniferous forestland.

Chŏngju is divided into 14 tong (neighbourhoods) and 18 ri (villages):

Local agriculture is dominated by orcharding and rice farming; the chestnuts of this region are especially famous.

The city is served by both road and rail; it is the junction point of the P'yŏngŭi and P'yŏngbuk lines of the Korean State Railway.

In February 2011, the city and others in North P'yŏngan had rare protests, of a few score of people, calling for adequate provision of rice and power. At the time, news of the Arab Spring was spreading via Chinese TV channels and phone calls with defectors.^[1]

• Baek Seok
• Hong Yun-suk
• Kim Ok
• Ki-baik Lee
• Sun Myung Moon
• Pang Chol-mi
• Yi Kwang-su
• T.K. Seung

• Geography of North Korea
• Administrative divisions of North Korea
• List of cities in North Korea
• North Pyongan
• Battle of Chongju (1950)
• Chongju Chongnyon station