남포 (Namp'o)

남포 (Namp'o or Nampo) is a city of 366 thousand¹ located near the mouth of the Taedong River, at a point where the river is as wide as an inlet, in South Pyŏngan Province, 조선 (Chosŏn or North Korea). UNESCO honors a World Heritage Site called 'Complex of Koguryo Tombs, part of which are in 평양 (P'yŏngyang). Some of the tombs included wall paintings, and they constitute much of what remains of the Koguryŏ (Goguryeo) culture.²

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Overview of the port of Namp'o, Chosŏn (North Korea)

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