Chongjin

Chongjin

청진
Chongjin 청진
Municipal city
Korean transcription(s)
• Chŏsŏn'gŭl	청진시
• Hancha	淸津市
• McCune–Reischauer	Ch'ŏngjin-si
• Revised Romanization of Korean	Cheongjin-si
	Clockwise from top: Downtown Chongjin in September 2011 (as seen from the city's monument of Kim Il Sung), Fuso buses at Chongjin Airport, Air Koryo aircraft at Chongjin Airport, Air Koryo crew at Chongjin Airport
	Nickname: City of Iron
	Map of North Hamgyong showing the location of Chongjin
	Chongjin Location within North Korea
	Coordinates: 41°47′N 129°46′E / 41.783°N 129.767°E
Country	North Korea
Province	North Hamgyong
Administrative divisions	7 kuyok
Government
• Chairman of the Chongjin City People’s Committee of North Hamgyong Province	Kang Jun
Area
• Total	269 km2 (104 sq mi)
Population (2008)
• Total	627,000
• Density	2,330/km2 (6,000/sq mi)
• Dialect	Hamgyong
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (Pyongyang Time)

Chŏngjin (Korean pronunciation: [tsʰʌŋ.dʑin]; Korean: 청진시; MR: Ch'ŏngjin-si) is the capital of North Korea's North Hamgyong Province (함경북도) and the country's third-largest city. It is sometimes called the City of Iron.^[2]

^ "City has great potential for growth". The Pyongyang Times. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ Demick, Barbara (2010). Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea (UK ed.). London: Granta Publications. ISBN 978-1-84708-141-4.