Kaepung-guyok
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'''Kaep'ung-guyŏk''' is a district of Kaesong Special city in North Korea. Formerly part of the Kaesong urban area, the county was merged with North Hwanghae when Kaesong was demoted in 2003. However, it was returned to Kaesong Special City in October 2019.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kaepung-guyok
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ko
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Ward
- Settlement.translit_lang1
- Korean
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type1
- Hanja
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info1
- 開豊區域
- Settlement.image_map
- DPRK Kaesong-Kaepung.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Map of North Kaesong city showing the location of Kaepung-guyok
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- North Korea
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Special city
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Kaesŏng-T'ŭkpyŏlsi
- Settlement.parts_type
- Administrative divisions
- Settlement.parts
- 2 tong, 14 ri
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'''Kaep'ung-guyŏk''' is a district of Kaesong Special city in North Korea. Formerly part of the Kaesong urban area, the county was merged with North Hwanghae when Kaesong was demoted in 2003. However, it was returned to Kaesong Special City in October 2019.
The area is the site of the royal tombs of King Kongmin and King Taejo of the Goryeo dynasty. Actor O Yeong-su, who played Oh Il-nam in the television series Squid Game, was born here in 1944 when the county of Kaepung was in Keiki-dō, during Korea under Japanese rule.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kaepung-guyok” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.