Haeju
Haeju is a city in North Korea with 222 396 inhabitants, cultural center with a university, theaters and museums. Haeju is the capital of the province of Hwanghae.
Geography
The city is located on the west coast of North Korea, 140 kilometers south of Pyongyang. The geographic coordinates are 38.04 degrees north latitude and 125.71 degrees east longitude.
History
Between 1910 and 1945 belonged to Korea and thus this city against the Japanese Empire. Since Japanese at that time was the national language, the city name was Japanese海 州read kaishu.
1938 got kaishu officially awarded the city status.
Haeju was badly destroyed during the Korean War ( 1950-1953 ). After the war, the city developed into an industrial center and transportation hub of the region.
Culture and sights
Seven and a half kilometers from the city lies the mountain Suyang, which is worth a visit in the first place because of the local waterfalls. The water flows from Suyang over 128 meters high and twelve feet wide cliffs to the depths in a picturesque small lake.
On the mountain itself is an old fort from the time of the Goryeo dynasty to visit. In Haeju is an old stone cold, also from the time of the Koryo Dynasty, and a five-story pagoda.
Nine kilometers south-west of Haeju on the coast can be translated by boat to two rocky islands from the harbor as a visitor when available, the Hyongje Islands ( Brother Islands). Their specialty is that they leave at low tide a range of warm pools as well as a strip of sandy beach where you can swim.
Also to do with water, the island has Sokdamgugok on the Sogdam River twelve kilometers north of Haeju. This remarkable island has different shaped rocks from the water and ausgeschwämmte valleys. Because of the relaxing surroundings was on Sogdamgugok a reading room and a study house in a beautiful natural garden set in the Joseon Dynasty, which can still be seen today.
Economy and infrastructure
Economy
In the city, especially companies in the cement and chemical industries have settled.
Traffic
Haeju is a major transportation hub (road, railway, airport and port ).
Sons and daughters of the town
- Jong Song -ok ( born 1974 ), marathon runner.
- Rhee Syng -man, first president of South Korea