city and provincial capital, Hwanghae-pukto (North Hwanghae Province), southwestern North Korea. Situated on the middle channel of the Chaeryŏng-gang (river), it is the market centre for agricultural products of the Chaeryŏng plain. A planned city, developed when the railway from Seoul to Sinŭiju was built in 1906, it is a junction for rail, road, and river transport. Its industry is mainly light, including agricultural machine workshops, food processing, and spinning mills. Sariwŏn College of Education, Sariwŏn College of Communism, Sariwŏn College of Agriculture, and the Agricultural Research Centre are located there. Pop. (latest est.) 42,957.