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Also known as Tongdaewon district

Tongdaewŏn-guyŏk or Tongdaewon District is one of the 18 wards, and one of the six that constitute East Pyongyang, North Korea. It sits on the eastern bank of the Taedong River. It is north of Sŏn'gyo-guyŏk (Songyo District), south of Taedonggang-guyŏk (Taedonggang District) and west of Sadong-guyŏk (Sadong District) and Ryŏkp'o-guyŏk (Ryokpho District). It was established in October 1960.

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Vinony's link graph records 59 inbound references to Tongdaewon-guyok, and connects out to Kim Il-sung Square, Chollima Line and Foreign Trade Bank of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.

It is catalogued under the topic Districts of Pyongyang.

Vinony links it to 18 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Tongdaewŏn-guyŏk
Settlement.image_skyline
Pyongyang JucheTower.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Juche Tower seen from Kim Il-sung Square
Settlement.image_map
Pyongyang Tongdaewon-guyok.svg
Settlement.mapframe
yes
Settlement.pushpin_map
North Korea#Asia
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
North Korea
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.population_as_of
2008
Settlement.population_total
143,561
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Korean name.hangul
동대원구역
Korean name.rr
Dongdaewon-guyeok
Korean name.mr
Tongdaewŏn-guyŏk

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Wikidata facts

Official name
東大院區域
Located in
Pyongyang
Population
143561
Image
Pyongyang JucheTower.jpg
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Commons category
Tongdaewon-guyok
Revised Romanization
Dongdaewon-guyeok
McCune–Reischauer romanization
Tongdaewŏn-guyŏk
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Encyclopedic overview

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Tongdaewŏn-guyŏk or Tongdaewon District is one of the 18 wards, and one of the six that constitute East Pyongyang, North Korea. It sits on the eastern bank of the Taedong River. It is north of Sŏn'gyo-guyŏk (Songyo District), south of Taedonggang-guyŏk (Taedonggang District) and west of Sadong-guyŏk (Sadong District) and Ryŏkp'o-guyŏk (Ryokpho District). It was established in October 1960.

==Administrative divisions== Tongdaewŏn-guyŏk is divided into 18 tong (neighbourhoods): Ryul-dong 률동(栗洞) Taesin-dong 대신동(大新洞) Munsin 1-dong 문신 1동 (紋新 1洞) Munsin 2-dong 문신 2동 (紋新 2洞) Tongdaewŏn 1-dong 동대원 1동 (東大院 1洞) Tongdaewŏn 2-dong 동대원 2동 (東大院 2洞) Sinhŭng 1-dong 신흥 1동 (新興 1洞) Sinhŭng 2-dong 신흥 2동 (新興 2洞) Sinhŭng 3-dong 신흥 3동 (新興 3洞) Silli-dong 신리동 (新里洞) Tongsin 1-dong 동신 1동 (東新 1洞) Tongsin 2-dong 동신 2동 (東新 2洞) Tongsin 3-dong 동신 3동 (東新 3洞) Raengch'ŏn 1-dong 랭천 1동 (冷泉 1洞) Raengch'ŏn 2-dong 랭천 2동 (冷泉 2洞) Saesallim-dong 새살림동 Samma 1-dong 삼마 1동 (三馬 1洞) Samma 2-dong 삼마 2동 (三馬 2洞)

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