Developed as a major settlement during the colonial rule at the terminus of a railway bridge across the Yalu (Amrok) River, it is located 7 miles west of Ŭiju, the old city from whose name Sinŭiju (meaning "New Ŭiju") derives.
It was developed as a major settlement during the colonial rule at the terminus of a railway bridge across the Yalu (Amrok) River. It is located 7 miles west of Ŭiju from whose name Sinŭiju (meaning "New Ŭiju") derives. Ŭiju is the old city.