Tumangang
Sign in to saveTumangang () is a neighbourhood of Sonbong ward (guyok) in Rason, North Korea, near the China–North Korea–Russia tripoint where the three countries meet. It is located across the homonymous Tumen River from the Russian settlement of Khasan and the Chinese village of Fangchuan. The Korea Russia Friendship Bridge connects Tumangang and Khasan and is the sole crossing point on the long North Korea–Russia border. Trains coming from and going to Russia are handled by Tumangang station.
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- Dumangang-dong
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- Tuman'gang-dong
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Tumangang () is a neighbourhood of Sonbong ward (guyok) in Rason, North Korea, near the China–North Korea–Russia tripoint where the three countries meet. It is located across the homonymous Tumen River from the Russian settlement of Khasan and the Chinese village of Fangchuan. The Korea Russia Friendship Bridge connects Tumangang and Khasan and is the sole crossing point on the long North Korea–Russia border. Trains coming from and going to Russia are handled by Tumangang station.
== Location == Tumangang is officially a neighbourhood of Sonbong ward (guyok) in Rason, but it has also been described unofficially as a town in its own right. It is bordered by China and Russia to the north, and is located near the China–North Korea–Russia tripoint where the three countries' borders converge. The neighbourhood is home to the DPRK–Russia Friendship House and the Three Countries Viewpoint, where visitors can see Khasan in Russia and Fangchuan in China from afar.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tumangang” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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