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Sinanju

Field	Value
name	Sinanju
translit_lang1	Korean
translit_lang1_type	Hangul
translit_lang1_info	신안주
translit_lang1_type1	Hanja
translit_lang1_info1	新安州
translit_lang1_type2	Revised Romanization
translit_lang1_info2	Sinanju
translit_lang1_type3	McCune–Reischauer
translit_lang1_info3	Sinanju
translit_lang2_type	Hangul
translit_lang2_type1	Hanja
translit_lang2_type2	Revised Romanization
translit_lang2_type3	McCune–Reischauer
image_skyline	Sinanju Station.JPG
image_caption	Sinanju Chongnyon Station
pushpin_map
pushpin_label_position
pushpin_label
coor_pinpoint
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	North Korea
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	South Pyongan Province
seat_type	Capital
parts_style	para
leader_title	Mayor
population_footnotes
population_total	15,835
population_as_of	2006
blank_name_sec1	Dialect

Sinanju is a region (신안주) in Anju city, South Pyongan Province, North Korea. The name literally means "Comfortable New Village." When Anju County was raised to the status of a city in August 1987, Sinanju Workers' District was divided into Sinwon-dong, Wonhung-dong, Yokchon-dong.

History

On May 9, 1951, the U.S. Air Force conducted the most massive airstrike of the Korean war to date - at least 300 planes converged on a city on the Yalu River.

Sinanju's bridges and railways were bombed by the United States Air Force during the Korean War to halt the transport of supplies to North Korea. During the second Korean winter, railways and bridges leading from Sinanju to Chongju were bombed by the U.S. on January 25, 1952, but were repaired five days later. During the last week of March 1952, U.S. forces began using B-29 Superfortresses through April to destroy bridges between Sinanju and Pyongyang.

During the third Korean winter of the war, the USAF targeted five railroad bridges over the Chongchon Estuary near Sinanju in January 1953. Trains were supposed to dock in marshaling yards there. Allied bombers destroyed them at night, but this only stopped enemy transport temporarily. Consequentially, in Spring of 1953, Communist troops had more difficulty transporting troops and supplies due to relentless allied intervention.

According to a bomb assessment conducted by the U.S. Air Force, over the course of the Korean War 100 percent of Sinanju was destroyed by the U.S. bombing; four other North Korean cities were at least 90 percent destroyed.{{Cite book

Musan - 5%
Najin (Rashin) - 5%
Unggi (Sonbong County) - 5%
Anju - 15%
Sinuiju - 50%
Songjin (Kimchaek) - 50%
Chongju (Chŏngju) - 60%
Kanggye - 60% (reduced from previous estimate of 75%)
Haeju - 75%
Pyongyang - 75%
Kyomipo (Songnim) - 80%
Hamhung (Hamhŭng) - 80%
Chinnampo (Namp'o)- 80%
Wonsan (Wŏnsan)- 80%
Hungnam (Hŭngnam) - 85%
Sunan (Sunan-guyok) - 90%
Sariwon (Sariwŏn) - 95%
Hwangju (Hwangju County) - 97%
Kunu-ri (Kunu-dong)- 100%
Sinanju - 100%

Notes

References

(2006). "Sinanju". World Gazetteer.
[http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/korean_war/korean_war_campaigns/korean_war_campaigns.html Korean Service 1950-1954] {{webarchive. link. (2009-01-16)
[https://www.airforcehistory.hq.af.mil/EARS/MiGAlley.htm Mig Alley : The Fight For Air Superiority] {{webarchive. link. (2007-06-12)

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