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.
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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'''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.
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