Mangyongdae District
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'''Man'gyŏngdae-guyŏk or Man'gyŏngdae District''' () is one of the 18 guyŏk (wards) that constitute P'yŏngyang, North Korea. It began as a village called Man'gyŏngdae-ri in South P'yŏngan Province before becoming a district of P'yŏngyang in September 1959. The area is surrounded by several hills, the highest one named because one can enjoy a bird's-eye view of the surrounding scenic landscape, and the village at its foot is called Man'gyŏngdae. Man'gyŏngdae was the birthplace of North Korean leader Kim Il Sung.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Mangyongdae District is referenced by 86 other articles, and connects out to Mangyŏngdae, Chollima Line and Foreign Trade Bank of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
The entry is geolocated on the map in adm2nd_region, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under the topic Districts of Pyongyang.
Its subject is documented across 22 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Man'gyŏngdae-guyŏk
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ko
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Guyŏk of Pyongyang
- Settlement.translit_lang1
- Korean
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type1
- Hanja
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info1
- 萬景台區域
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info2
- Man'gyŏngdae-guyŏk
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info3
- Mangyeongdae-guyeok
- Settlement.image_skyline
- North Korea-Pyongyang-Kwangbok Street-01.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Kwangbok Street in Mangyongdae-guyok
- Settlement.image_map
- Pyongyang Mangyongdae-guyok.svg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- North Korea
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Direct-administered city
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- P'yŏngyang-Chikhalsi
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 89.9
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2008
- Settlement.population_total
- 321690
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- 萬景台區域
- Country
- North Korea
- Located in
- Pyongyang
- Population
- 321690
- Image
- North Korea-Pyongyang-Kwangbok Street-01.jpg
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- Commons category
- Mangyongdae-guyok
- topic's main category
- Category:Mangyongdae-guyok
- Revised Romanization
- Mangyeongdaeguyeok
- McCune–Reischauer romanization
- Man'gyŏngdae-guyŏk
- native label
- 만경대구역
- different from
- Mangyŏngdae
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Administrative divisions
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'''Man'gyŏngdae-guyŏk or Man'gyŏngdae District''' () is one of the 18 guyŏk (wards) that constitute P'yŏngyang, North Korea. It began as a village called Man'gyŏngdae-ri in South P'yŏngan Province before becoming a district of P'yŏngyang in September 1959. The area is surrounded by several hills, the highest one named because one can enjoy a bird's-eye view of the surrounding scenic landscape, and the village at its foot is called Man'gyŏngdae. Man'gyŏngdae was the birthplace of North Korean leader Kim Il Sung.
Man'gyŏngdae-guyŏk extends to the west past the Sunhwa River, to Kangso-gun. Kwangbok Street is a residential district of high rise apartments populated by members of the DPRK media and cultural institutions.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mangyongdae District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations