Sariwon

The city's population as of 2008 is 307,764.

Sariwŏn is divided into 31 tong (neighbourhoods) and 9 ri (villages):

Sariwŏn has the only pediatric hospital (founded by Hungarians in the 1950s) in the entire region; it serves 16 districts and 500,000 children and teens annually.

Sariwŏn has a Potassic/Potash Fertilizer Complex and a tractor factory.

Several institutions of higher education are based in Sariwŏn, including the Kye Ung-sang University, the Sariwŏn University of Geology, the Sariwŏn University of Medicine, the Sariwŏn University of Education no. 1 & no. 2, and the Sariwŏn Pharmaceutical College of Koryŏ.

The "Sariwŏn Folklore street" was constructed during Kim Jong-il's rule. Built to display an ideal picture of ancient Korea, it includes buildings in the "historical style" and a collection of ancient Korean cannons. Many older style Korean buildings exist in the city.

In 2020, Jongbangsan Hotel opened after several years of delays in construction. It has three main buildings and includes a gym and a swimming pool.{{cite news|title=New North Korean hotel opens after 10-year construction period|url=https://www.nknews.org/2021/10/new-north-korean-hotel-opens-after-10-year-construction-period/|publisher=NK News|first=Chad|last=O'Carroll|date=21 October 2021}}

Sariwŏn is served by Sariwŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn and several other stations on both the P'yŏngbu and Hwanghae Ch'ŏngnyŏn lines of the Korean State Railway.

Sariwŏn has a trolleybus system with two Ikarus 280T articulated trolleybuses; they were converted from diesel Ikarus 280 buses due to the lack of roof equipment. Regular trolleybuses were mothballed at the depot from 2020. The service is supplemented by regular buses.{{Cite web|title=Sariwon|url=https://transphoto.org/city/1360/|access-date=2021-01-02|website=transphoto.org}}

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

{{Weather box

| width = auto

| location = Sariwŏn (1991–2020)

| metric first = Yes

| single line = Yes

| Jan high C = 0.1

| Feb high C = 3.5

| Mar high C = 9.9

| Apr high C = 17.7

| May high C = 23.5

| Jun high C = 27.4

| Jul high C = 28.9

| Aug high C = 29.6

| Sep high C = 26.0

| Oct high C = 19.3

| Nov high C = 10.3

| Dec high C = 2.2

| year high C = 16.5

| Jan mean C = -4.8

| Feb mean C = -1.8

| Mar mean C = 4.1

| Apr mean C = 11.3

| May mean C = 17.3

| Jun mean C = 21.8

| Jul mean C = 24.6

| Aug mean C = 24.9

| Sep mean C = 20.1

| Oct mean C = 13.2

| Nov mean C = 5.3

| Dec mean C = -2.2

| year mean C = 11.2

| Jan low C = -9.2

| Feb low C = -6.5

| Mar low C = -0.9

| Apr low C = 5.5

| May low C = 11.7

| Jun low C = 17.2

| Jul low C = 21.1

| Aug low C = 21.2

| Sep low C = 15.2

| Oct low C = 7.8

| Nov low C = 0.7

| Dec low C = -6.2

| year low C = 6.5

| precipitation colour = green

| Jan precipitation mm = 8.9

| Feb precipitation mm = 12.0

| Mar precipitation mm = 18.1

| Apr precipitation mm = 42.6

| May precipitation mm = 71.2

| Jun precipitation mm = 80.0

| Jul precipitation mm = 203.1

| Aug precipitation mm = 203.5

| Sep precipitation mm = 85.6

| Oct precipitation mm = 40.7

| Nov precipitation mm = 32.7

| Dec precipitation mm = 14.7

| year precipitation mm = 813.1

| unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm

| Jan precipitation days = 4.2

| Feb precipitation days = 3.3

| Mar precipitation days = 3.8

| Apr precipitation days = 5.5

| May precipitation days = 6.9

| Jun precipitation days = 7.5

| Jul precipitation days = 11.4

| Aug precipitation days = 9.9

| Sep precipitation days = 5.8

| Oct precipitation days = 4.7

| Nov precipitation days = 6.5

| Dec precipitation days = 5.5

| year precipitation days = 75.0

| Jan snow days = 4.8

| Feb snow days = 3.2

| Mar snow days = 1.3

| Apr snow days = 0.3

| May snow days = 0.0

| Jun snow days = 0.0

| Jul snow days = 0.0

| Aug snow days = 0.0

| Sep snow days = 0.0

| Oct snow days = 0.1

| Nov snow days = 2.2

| Dec snow days = 5.6

| year snow days = 17.5

| Jan humidity = 71.0

| Feb humidity = 67.9

| Mar humidity = 65.4

| Apr humidity = 63.2

| May humidity = 67.4

| Jun humidity = 74.4

| Jul humidity = 83.3

| Aug humidity = 82.4

| Sep humidity = 76.6

| Oct humidity = 72.4

| Nov humidity = 73.1

| Dec humidity = 71.4

| year humidity = 72.4

|source 1 = Korea Meteorological Administration{{cite web

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220129211112/https://data.kma.go.kr/resources/normals/pdf_data/northkorea_pdf_0104.pdf

| archive-date = 29 January 2022

| url = https://data.kma.go.kr/resources/normals/pdf_data/northkorea_pdf_0104.pdf

| title = 30 years report of Meteorological Observations in North Korea (1991 ~ 2020)

| publisher = Korea Meteorological Administration

| access-date = 24 March 2022

| language = ko

| url-status = live

| pages = 220, 324, and 345}}

}}

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{{Reflist}}

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

{{commons category|Sariwon}}

{{Wikivoyage}}

• [http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/dprk/sariwon.htm Information about the potassic/potash fertilizer complex]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20051203235130/http://www.travelpost.com/AS/North_Korea/Hwanghae-bukto/Sariwon/7156235 Basic statistics about Sariwon]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20060628150138/http://interaction.org/newswire/detail.php?id=1628 News about Sariwon's pediatric hospital]
• [https://www.flickr.com/photos/kernbeisser/8671978541/in/photostream Photo of entrance to the city]
• [https://www.flickr.com/photos/kernbeisser/8671978201/in/photostream Photo of a street scene]
• [https://www.flickr.com/photos/kernbeisser/8671977485/in/photostream Photo of a street scene]
• [https://koreanologie.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/p_koreanologie/North_Korean_Cities/Sariwon/Sariwon.pdf City profile of Sariwon]
• [http://www.naenara.com.kp/en/book/new_window.php?10+10056 Folk Street in Sariwon picture album] at Naenara
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbBHhlZRq78 Tour of Sariwon]

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