Hyesan
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Hyesan
혜산시 | |
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UTC+9 (Pyongyang Time ) |
Hyesan (Korean pronunciation:
Area
Around the 1940s, this city included the nearby
Due to the reunification matter with South Korea, this city is claimed by South Korea, following the boundaries of 1940s, not the one edited by North Korea. Therefore, according to South Korea, Hyesan still includes the nearby Paektu Mountains.
South Korea has a conflict with the
Geography
The city is located in the Paektu Mountains at the border with the
Climate
Hyesan has an elevation-influenced humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dwb). It is located in the coldest area of Korea, which holds a record low temperature of −42 °C or −43.6 °F in 1915. [citation needed]
Climate data for Hyesan (1991-2020 normals, extremes 1957-present) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 6.1 (43.0) |
12.1 (53.8) |
21.0 (69.8) |
30.0 (86.0) |
35.0 (95.0) |
34.0 (93.2) |
37.1 (98.8) |
38.3 (100.9) |
31.6 (88.9) |
29.5 (85.1) |
19.0 (66.2) |
8.2 (46.8) |
38.3 (100.9) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −8 (18) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
4.5 (40.1) |
13.6 (56.5) |
20.8 (69.4) |
25.1 (77.2) |
27.7 (81.9) |
27.0 (80.6) |
21.9 (71.4) |
14.2 (57.6) |
2.9 (37.2) |
−6.3 (20.7) |
11.7 (53.1) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −15.9 (3.4) |
−11.2 (11.8) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
6.0 (42.8) |
12.8 (55.0) |
17.5 (63.5) |
21.1 (70.0) |
20.3 (68.5) |
13.8 (56.8) |
5.8 (42.4) |
−4 (25) |
−13.2 (8.2) |
4.2 (39.6) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −22.2 (−8.0) |
−18.5 (−1.3) |
−9.5 (14.9) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
5.7 (42.3) |
11.4 (52.5) |
16.0 (60.8) |
15.4 (59.7) |
7.6 (45.7) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
−9.6 (14.7) |
−19.1 (−2.4) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
Record low °C (°F) | −37.2 (−35.0) |
−33.0 (−27.4) |
−27.8 (−18.0) |
−20.0 (−4.0) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
6.5 (43.7) |
1.0 (33.8) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
−19.9 (−3.8) |
−26.6 (−15.9) |
−35.0 (−31.0) |
−37.2 (−35.0) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 5.0 (0.20) |
9.1 (0.36) |
11.6 (0.46) |
30.0 (1.18) |
62.4 (2.46) |
86.8 (3.42) |
135.2 (5.32) |
112.9 (4.44) |
48.9 (1.93) |
27.7 (1.09) |
19.6 (0.77) |
9.8 (0.39) |
559.0 (22.01) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 5.2 | 4.4 | 6.1 | 8.4 | 12.2 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 12.2 | 6.9 | 6.4 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 102.7 |
Average snowy days | 10.9 | 9.4 | 10.5 | 5.9 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 9.9 | 13.2 | 63.0 |
Average relative humidity (%)
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73.3 | 68.6 | 63.2 | 59.6 | 61.1 | 69.8 | 75.3 | 77.0 | 72.8 | 65.9 | 72.2 | 74.2 | 69.4 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 180 | 191 | 237 | 221 | 228 | 200 | 198 | 190 | 184 | 198 | 157 | 153 | 2,337 |
Source 1: Korea Meteorological Administration[2] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: Deutscher Wetterdienst (sun, 1961–1990),[3][a] Meteo Climat (extremes)[4] |
Administrative divisions
Hyesan City is divided into 25 tong (neighbourhoods) and 4 ri (villages):
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Economy
Hyesan has lumber processing mills, paper mills and textile mills. Since the North Korean economic crisis that intensified in the mid-1990s, the city has suffered from economic stagnation, and some factories in the city have closed. Reports and pictures taken from the Chinese side of the river show a "Ghost City": there is almost no movement in the streets, and at night the city is dark and doesn't have electricity. Residents of the city reputedly wash their clothes in the river because homes have no running water.
First explored in the 1960s,
Transportation
Hyesan is connected to other cities in North Korea by road, and by the
Hyesan allegedly[by whom?] has a trolleybus system, though its actual existence is unknown.[5]
Education
Schools in Hyesan include Hyesan High School and Hyesan Girls' School. Higher education institutions include the Hyesan Medical University, the Hyesan University of Agriculture and Forestry, Kim Jŏng-suk College of Education, the Hyesan College of Light Engineering, and the Hyesan University of Industry.
The countryside near Hyesan has various attractions, including the
Notable people
- Yeonmi Park (b. 1993), activist and defector, escaped North Korea in 2007.
- Lee Hyeon-seo (b. 1980), activist and defector, escaped North Korea in 1997.
See also
- List of cities in North Korea
- Administrative divisions of North Korea
- Changbai–Hyesan International Bridge
Notes
- ^ Station ID for Hyesan is 47016 Use this station ID to locate the sunshine duration
References
- ^ "2008 Population Census of DPR Korea" (PDF). Central Bureau of Statistics, DPR Korea. 2009. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
- ^ "30 years report of Meteorological Observations in North Korea (1991-2020)" (PDF) (in Korean). Korea Meteorological Administration. pp. 203, 273, and 343. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ^ "Station 47016 Hyesan". Global station data 1961–1990—Sunshine Duration. Deutscher Wetterdienst. Archived from the original on 2017-10-17. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ^ "Station Hyesan" (in French). Meteo Climat. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ^ "발전하는 교통문화⑥ 궤도 전차와 무궤도 전차 (편)". 통일뉴스 (in Korean). 2018-05-21. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
Further reading
- Dormels, Rainer. North Korea's Cities: Industrial facilities, internal structures and typification. Jimoondang, 2014. ISBN 978-89-6297-167-5
External links
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- North Korea Uncovered, (North Korea Google Earth) see most of Hyesan's political and industrial infrastructure on Google Earth.
- City profile of Hyesan Archived 2016-03-09 at the Wayback Machine