SARIWON

city and provincial capital, Hwanghae-pukto (North Hwanghae Province), southwestern North Korea. Situated on the middle channel of the Chaeryong-gang (river), it is the market centre for agricultural products of the Chaeryong plain. A planned city, developed when the railway from Seoul to Sinuiju was built in 1906, it is a junction for rail, road, and river transport. Its industry is mainly light, including agricultural machine workshops, food processing, and spinning mills. Sariwon College of Education, Sariwon College of Communism, Sariwon College of Agriculture, and the Agricultural Research Centre are located there. Pop. (latest est.) 42,957.