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City profile · North Korea · Asia

Sinŭiju

City population
288,112
#12
in North Korea
#1
in P'yongan-bukto
#1,983
worldwide
PyongyangSinŭiju
40.101, 124.398 · 166 km from Pyongyang
City population
288,112
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in North Korea
#12
of 96 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#1,983
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of North Korea
1.1%
of the national population

About Sinŭiju

Sinŭiju is a city in P'yongan-bukto, North Korea with a population of 288,112. It is the 12th largest of the 96 cities of 15,000 or more listed in North Korea, and the 1,983rd largest worldwide. It lies 166 km from Pyongyang.

Position in North Korea
#12of 96
LargestSmallest
Position in P'yongan-bukto
#1of 6
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Rank in region
#1of 6
Distance to capital
to Pyongyang
Elevation
6 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Pyongyang
Coordinates
40.101, 124.398
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

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