Namp'o (North Korean official spelling: Nampho) is a city and seaport in
South P'yŏngan Province,
North Korea. It was a provincial-level
Directly Governed City (Chikhalsi) from
1980 to
2004, when it was designated a "Special City" (T'ŭkgŭpsi) and made a part of South P'yŏngan.Namp'o is situated some 50 kilometres south west of
P'yŏngyang, at the mouth of the
Taedong River. It was originally a small fishing village, but opened as a port of foreign trade in 1897, and began to develop into a modern port after liberation in
1945. With the rapid increase in state investment, the city's industries grew and it now has powerful heavy industries and modern light industries. They include the Namp'o Smelter Complex, the Namp'o Glass Corporation, the Namp'o Shipbuilding Complex, the Namp'o Fishery Complex and other central and local factories. Namp'o is a center for the DPRK shipbuilding industry. North of the city are facilities for freight transportation, aquatic products, and fishery, and a sea salt factory. The apples grown in Namp'o's Ryonggang district (룡강군) are a famous local product.
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