Turtle Castle

Japanese: 亀城 - きじょう
Turtle Castle
A city in the middle of North Pyongan Province, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, located upstream of the Taecheon River, a tributary of the Cheongcheon River. It was known as a rice-growing and gold-producing region, but after liberation it became an industrial city with machine factories that produced mining equipment, lathes, presses, and spinning mills. It lies along the railway line connecting Jeongju and Cheongsu on the Yalu River. Population: 177,000 (1987).
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Japanese:
朝鮮民主主義人民共和国,平安北道中部,清川江の支流泰川の上流にある市。米作と産金地帯で知られていたが,解放後は工業都市となり,鉱山機械や旋盤,プレスなどを生産する機械工場と紡績工場がある。定州と鴨緑江岸の青水を結ぶ鉄道に沿う。17万7000人(1987)。
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