Sinuiju
Sinŭiju is a city in North Korea which faces Dandong, Liaoning, China, across the international border of the Yalu River. It is the capital of North P'yŏngan province.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: City with 288,000 residents
- Description: city in North Korea
- Also known as: “New Eui-chu”, “Shingishu”, “Sin-eui-chu”, “Sin-gi-shu”, “Sinuiju-si”, “Sinyichju”, “Wi-dschu”, and “Wi-ju”
Photo: Christophe95, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sinuiju Airfield and Sinuiju Chongnyon station.
Sinuiju Chongnyon station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sinuiju Chongnyon station, also known as Sinŭiju Ch'ŏngnyŏn station, is a railway station in Yŏkchŏn-dong, Sinŭiju-si, North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea.
Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge
Bridge
Photo: xue siyang (df45086), CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge, or China–North Korea Friendship Bridge, is a bridge across the Yalu or Amnok River on the China–North Korea border. It connects the cities of Dandong in China and Sinuiju of North Korea, by railway and roadway but pedestrians are not allowed to cross between either side.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dandong.
Dandong
Photo: kevinforgard, CC BY 2.0.
Dandong, is a city in Liaoning Province, China, right next to the North Korean border. The quiet riverside city is most famous for the pockmarked Yalu River Bridge spanning distressingly over the river.
Sinuiju
- Categories: city of North Korea, border city, big city, and locality
- Location: North Pyongan Province, Pyongan, North Korea, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.0941° or 40° 5′ 39″ northLongitude
124.3978° or 124° 23′ 52″ eastPopulation
288,000Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)United Nations Location Code
KP SIIOpen location code
8QG639VX+J4OpenStreetMap ID
node 256633232OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Sinuiju” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Sinuiju”
- Arabic: “سينويجو”
- Belarusian: “Сіныйджу”
- Bengali: “সিনুইজু”
- Bulgarian: “Синуйчу”
- Bulgarian: “Синъйчжу”
- Catalan: “Sinuiju”
- Cebuano: “Sinŭiju-si”
- Chinese: “Sinŭiju Chhī”
- Chinese: “新义州”
- Chinese: “新义州市”
- Chinese: “新義州”
- Chinese: “新義州市”
- Czech: “Sinuidžu”
- Danish: “Sinuiju”
- Danish: “Sinŭiju”
- Dutch: “Sinuiju”
- Dutch: “Sinŭiju”
- Esperanto: “Sinuiju”
- Esperanto: “Sinviĵuo”
- Finnish: “Sinuiju”
- Finnish: “Sinŭiju”
- French: “Sinuiju”
- French: “Sinŭiju”
- Georgian: “სინიიჯუ”
- German: “Shingishu”
- German: “Shingishū”
- German: “Shinuiju”
- German: “Shinŭiju”
- German: “Shinuju”
- German: “Sinuidschu”
- German: “Sinuiju”
- German: “Sinŭiju”
- Greek: “Σινούιτζου”
- Gujarati: “સીનુઇજુ”
- Hebrew: “סינוויג’ו”
- Hindi: “सिनुइजु”
- Hungarian: “Sinidzsu”
- Indonesian: “Sinuiju”
- Indonesian: “Sinŭiju”
- Irish: “Sinuiju”
- Italian: “Sinuiju”
- Italian: “Sinŭiju”
- Japanese: “シニジュ”
- Japanese: “新義州”
- Japanese: “新義州市”
- Japanese: “新義州府”
- Kalaallisut: “Sinuiju”
- Kannada: “ಸಿನುಜು”
- Korean: “신의주”
- Korean: “신의주부”
- Korean: “신의주시”
- Latvian: “Sinijdžu”
- Lithuanian: “Sineidžu”
- Lithuanian: “Sinuidžu”
- Low German: “Sinuiju”
- Macedonian: “Синујџу”
- Malay: “Sinuiju”
- Maori: “Sinuiju”
- Marathi: “सीनुइजू”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Sinŭiju Chhī”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sinuiju”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sinŭiju”
- Norwegian: “Sinuiju”
- Persian: “سینوئیجو”
- Persian: “شینویجو”
- Polish: “Sinuiju”
- Polish: “Sinŭiju”
- Polish: “Sinyidzu”
- Portuguese: “Sinuiju”
- Portuguese: “Sinŭiju”
- Romanian: “Sinŭiju”
- Russian: “Синыйджу”
- Russian: “Шингишу”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Sinŭiju”
- Silesian: “Sinŭiju”
- Sinhala: “සිනුයිජු”
- Slovenian: “Sinuidžu”
- Spanish: “Region especial Administrativa Sinuiju”
- Spanish: “Región especial Administrativa Sinuiju”
- Spanish: “Sinuiju”
- Spanish: “Sinŭiju”
- Swahili: “Sinuiju”
- Swedish: “Shingeishu”
- Swedish: “Shinŭiju”
- Swedish: “Sineuiju”
- Swedish: “Sinŭiju-si”
- Swedish: “Sinuiju”
- Swedish: “Sinŭiju”
- Tagalog: “Sinuiju”
- Tamil: “சினுய்ஜி”
- Tatar: “Синыйҗу”
- Telugu: “సినుఇజు”
- Thai: “ชินอึยจู”
- Turkish: “Sinuiju”
- Ukrainian: “Сінийджу”
- Ukrainian: “Сінийчжу”
- Urdu: “سنؤیجو”
- Uzbek: “Siniyju”
- Venetian: “Sinŭiju”
- Vietnamese: “Sinuiju”
- Vietnamese: “Sinŭiju”
- Vietnamese: “Tân Nghĩa Châu”
- Waray (Philippines): “Sinuiji”
- Welsh: “Sinuiju”
- Yue Chinese: “新義州”
- “신의주”
- “신의주시”
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