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Uiju County

Field	Value
name	Ŭiju County
native_name	의주군
native_name_lang	ko
settlement_type	County
translit_lang1	Korean
translit_lang1_type1	Chosŏn'gŭl
translit_lang1_info1	의주군
translit_lang1_type2	Hancha
translit_lang1_info2	義州郡
translit_lang1_type3	McCune-Reischauer
translit_lang1_info3	Ŭiju-gun
translit_lang1_type4	Revised Romanization
translit_lang1_info4	Uiju-gun
image_skyline	View Hushan Wall.jpg
image_caption	View of Uiju from Dandong, Liaoning
image_map	Uiju county in North Phyongan Province.svg
mapsize	270px
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	North Korea
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	North P'yŏngan
area_total_km2	420
population_as_of	2008
population_total	110018
parts_type	Administrative divisions
parts	1 ŭp, 2 workers' districts, 17 ri

Ŭiju is a kun, or county, in North Pyongan Province, North Korea. The county has an area of 420 km2, and a population of 110,018 (2008 data).

Name

Fierce battle at Uiju between the Imperial Japanese army Chinese forces during the [[First Sino-Japanese War

Ŭiju appears as Uiju in South Korea's Revised Romanization and as Yizhou in Chinese sources, as during its occupation by general Mao Wenlong's forces during the Transition from Ming to Qing.

Geography

Ŭiju County borders Sakchu county and Kusŏng to the east, Sŏnch'ŏn and Ch'ŏlsan counties to the south, and Ryongch'ŏn county and Sinŭiju to the west, respectively. To the north, Ŭiju shares a border with China.

Administrative divisions

Ŭiju county is divided into 1 ŭp (town), 2 rodongjagu (workers' districts) and 17 ri (villages):

Transportation

Ŭiju county is served by the Tŏkhyŏn Line of the Korean State Railway. There is also an airport, Uiju Airfield (ICAO airport code: ZKUJ).

1980 earthquake

Ŭiju earthquake was a 5.3 magnitude earthquake that occurred in Ŭiju County in 1980. It is among the largest earthquakes by magnitude recorded in the Korean Peninsula since South Korea began official earthquake observation in 1978.

References

"No One Hurt as Earthquake Rocks Korea". [[The Chosun Ilbo]].

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