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Rasŏn Directly Governed City
Korean Name
McCune-Reischauer	Rasŏn Chik'alshi
Revised Romanization	Naseon Jikhalsi
Hangul	라선 직할시
Hanja	羅先直轄市
Short Name	Rasŏn (Naseon; 라선; 羅先)
Former Name
McCune-Reischauer	Rajin-Sŏnbong Chik'alshi
Revised Romanization	Najin-Seonbong Jikhalsi
Hangul	라진-선봉 직할시
Hanja	羅津-先鋒 直轄市
Statistics
Population	?
Area	?
Government	Directly Governed City
Administrative Divisions	(unknown)
Region	Kwanbuk
Dialect	Hamgyŏng
Split from	North Hamgyŏng, 1993
Location Map
(unavailable)

• Rasŏn (formerly Rajin-Sŏnbong) is a Directly Governed City in North Korea. The region was split from North Hamgyŏng Province in 1993 under the name "Rajin-Sŏnbong;" the name was shortened to "Rasŏn" in 2000. In South Korean pronunciation, the initial "R" of the name is pronounced as "N."

See also

• List of Korea-related topics

Administrative divisions of North Korea
Directly Governed Cities P'yŏngyang | Rasŏn
Former Directly Governed Cities Ch'ŏngjin | Hamhŭng | Kaesŏng | Namp'o
Special Administrative Regions Kaesŏng Industrial Region | Kŭmgang-san Tourist Region | Shinŭiju Special Administrative Region
Provinces Chagang | North Hamgyŏng | South Hamgyŏng | North Hwanghae | South Hwanghae | Kangwŏn | North P'yŏngan | South P'yŏngan | Ryanggang