Songrim

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Songrim 송림시
Municipal City
Korean transcription(s)
• Chosŏn'gŭl	송림시
• Hancha	松林市
• McCune-Reischauer	Songrim-si
• Revised Romanization	Songrim-si
Map of North Hwanghae showing the location of Songrim
Songrim Location within North Korea
Coordinates: 38°45′15″N 125°38′42″E / 38.7542°N 125.645°E / 38.7542; 125.645
Country	North Korea
Province	North Hwanghae Province
Administrative divisions	19 tong, 6 ri
Population  (2008)
• Total	128,831
• Dialect	Hwanghae
Time zone	UTC+9 (Pyongyang Time)

Songrim (Korean pronunciation: [soŋ.ɾim]) is a city on the Taedong River in North Hwanghae Province, North Korea. It had a population of 128,831 in 2008.

Songrim is divided into 19 tong (neighbourhoods) and 6 ri (villages):

The city was originally named Solme. Iron works began to be developed during the Japanese colonial period of Korea. Before Korean independence Songrim was known as Kyŏmip'o (Korean: 겸이포; Hancha: 兼二浦).

It was bombed during the Korean War, later it was rebuilt.

Songrim has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dwa).

• Dormels, Rainer. North Korea's Cities: Industrial facilities, internal structures and typification. Jimoondang, 2014. ISBN 978-89-6297-167-5

• City profile of Songrim Archived 2016-03-10 at the Wayback Machine

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