Tumangang-dong

Tumangang is a neighbourhood of Sonbong ward in Rason, North Korea, near the China–North Korea–Russia tripoint where the three countries meet. It is located across the homonymous Tumen River from the Russian settlement of Khasan and the Chinese village of Fangchuan.

Type: Village
Description: neighbourhood in Rason, North Korea
Also known as: “Tumangang”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tumangang station and Lake Khasan.

Tumangang station

Railway station

Photo: Mimura, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Tumangang station is a railway station in Tumangang-rodongjagu, Sŏnbong, Rasŏn Special City, North Korea, on the Hongŭi Line of the Korean State Railway.

Lake Khasan

Lake

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Lake Khasan or Lake Hassan is a small lake in Khasansky District, Primorsky Krai of Russia, located southeast of Posyet Bay, near the border with North Korea and China, 130 kilometres southwest of Vladivostok. Lake Khasan is situated 3 km north of Tumangang-dong.

Korea–Russia Friendship Bridge

Bridge

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The Korea–Russia Friendship Bridge is a rail bridge over the Tumen River. It was commissioned in 1959 as a replacement for a temporary wooden bridge. Located immediately downstream from the China–North Korea–Russia tripoint, the bridge is one of only two… Korea–Russia Friendship Bridge is situated 3½ km east of Tumangang-dong.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fangchuan and Khasan.

Fangchuan

Village

Fangchuan is a village in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin, China. It is located near the tripoint where China's borders with North Korea and Russia intersect.