Sinuiju

Sinŭiju 신의주시
Municipal city
transcription(s)
• Chosŏn'gŭl	신의주시
• Hancha	新義州市
• Revised Romanization	Sinuiju-si
• McCune-Reischauer	Sinŭiju-si
Clockwise from top: Aerial view of Downtown Sinŭiju, from Dandong, Apartment buildings, Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge, Sinuiju Chongnyon station
Motto:  The emblem Magnolia.
Sinŭiju location within North Pyongan Province
Sinŭiju
Coordinates: 40°06′N 124°24′E / 40.100°N 124.400°E / 40.100; 124.400
Country	North Korea
Province	North P'yŏngan
Administrative divisions	49 tong, 9 ri
Area
• Total	180 km2 (70 sq mi)
Population  (2008)
• Total	359,341[1]
• Dialect	P'yŏngan
Time zone	UTC+9 (Pyongyang Time)

Sinŭiju (Korean: 신의주시; MR: Sinŭiju-si; IPA: [ɕinɰidzu ɕi]), 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. Part of the city is included in the Sinŭiju Special Administrative Region, which was established in 2002 to experiment with introducing a market economy. In recent years, the city, despite lagging behind the development in the capital Pyongyang, has seen a small construction boom^{[contradictory]} and increasing tourism from China.^[2]