District of Pyongyang
Guyŏk of Pyongyang in P'yŏngyang-Chikhalsi, North Korea
Man'gyŏngdae-guyŏk or Man'gyŏngdae District (Korean: 만경대구역) 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[2] before becoming a district of P'yŏngyang in September 1959. The area is surrounded by several hills, the highest one named Man'gyŏng Hill (Korean for 'Ten thousand views hill') 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.
Administrative divisions
Man'gyŏngdae-guyŏk is divided into 26 tong (neighbourhoods) and 2 ri (villages):
- Changhun 1-dong (Korean: 장훈 1동; Hanja: 獎訓 1洞)
- Changhun 2-dong (장훈 2동; 獎訓 2洞)
- Changhun 3-dong (장훈 3동; 獎訓 3洞)
- Ch'ilgol 1-dong (칠골 1동)
- Ch'ilgol 2-dong (칠골 2동)
- Ch'ilgol 3-dong (칠골 3동)
- Ch'ukchŏn 1-dong (축전 1동 (祝典 1洞)
- Ch'ukchŏn 2-dong (축전 2동 (祝典 2洞)
- Kallimgil 1-dong (갈림길 1동)
- Kallimgil 2-dong (갈림길 2동)
- Kŏn'guk-dong (건국동; 建國洞)
- Kŭmch'ŏn-dong (금천동; 金泉洞)
- Kŭmsŏng 1-dong (금성 1동; 金星 1洞)
- Kŭmsŏng 2-dong (금성 2동; 金星 2洞)
- Kŭmsŏng 3-dong (금성 3동; 金星 3洞)
- Kwangbok-dong (광복동; 光復洞)
- Man'gyŏngdae-dong (만경대동; 萬景臺洞)
- P'algol 1-dong (팔골 1동)
- P'algol 2-dong (팔골 2동)
- Ryong'aksan-dong (룡악산동; 龍岳山洞)
- Ryongsan-dong (룡산동; 龍山洞)
- Samhŭng-dong (삼흥동; 三興洞)
- Sŏn'guja-dong (선구자동; 先驅者洞)
- Sŏnnae-dong (선내동; 仙內洞)
- Sŏsan-dong (서산동; 西山洞)
- Taep'yŏng-dong (대평동; 大平洞)
- Tangsan 1-dong (당상 1동; 堂上 1洞)
- Tangsan 2-dong (당상 2동; 堂上 2洞)
- Ryongbong-ri (룡봉리; 龍峰里)
- Wŏllo-ri (원로리; 元魯里)
See also
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mangyongdae-guyok.
- ^ North Korea: Administrative Division
- ^ Corfield, Justin (2014). "Mangyongdae District". Historical Dictionary of Pyongyang. London: Anthem Press. pp. 120–123. ISBN 978-1-78308-341-1.
