Rainer Dormels (2014)
Profiles of the cities of DPR Korea – Rason
This work was supported by the Academy of Korean Studies (KSPS) Grant funded by the
Korean Government (MOE) (AKS-2011-BAA-2105)
Find an introduction to the project at
https://koreanologie.univie.ac.at/200413/introduction/
This work has been published as a chapter in:
Rainer Dormels (2014): North Korea' Cities. Jimoondang. Seoul.
IV.2.19. Rason
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Table Rason-I. Basic data
Population
196,954 (Rank 18)
Area
754 km² (Rank 9)
Population density
261 I./km² (Rank 22)
Administrative units
21 dong/13 ri (48%) (Rank 24)
“Urban” population/“rural” population
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Table Rason-II. Climate values
Annual average
January temperature
August temperature
Precipitation
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21.2°C (25)
793.5 mm (21)
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Table Rason-III. Ranking (in parenthesis: number of industrial companies or cultural institutions)
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IPA
KCNA
KIET
Summary
Companiestotal
24 (6)
19 (12)
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18 (7)
15 (29)
22
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Cultural institutions
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Table Rason-IV. Ranking (total number of companies in relation to population)
Rason
KOFC
MOU
IPA
KCNA
KIET
Summary
Companies - total
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