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Taesong-guyok

Coordinates: 39°03′50″N 125°49′00″E / 39.06389°N 125.81667°E / 39.06389; 125.81667
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Taesŏng-guyŏk
대성구역
Guyŏk of Pyongyang
Korean transcription(s)
 • Hanja大城區域
 • McCune-ReischauerTaesŏng-guyŏk
 • Revised RomanizationDaeseongguyeok
Location of Taesong-guyok within Pyongyang
Location of Taesong-guyok within Pyongyang
Coordinates: 39°03′50″N 125°49′00″E / 39.06389°N 125.81667°E / 39.06389; 125.81667
CountryNorth Korea
Direct-administered cityP'yŏngyang-Chikhalsi
Area
 • Total45.44 km2 (17.54 sq mi)
Population
 (2008[1])
 • Total115,739
 • Density2,500/km2 (6,600/sq mi)
Taesong-guyok
Chosŏn'gŭl
대성구역
Hancha
Revised RomanizationDaeseongguyeok
McCune–ReischauerTaesŏng-guyŏk

Taesŏng-guyŏk, or Taesŏng District is one of the 18 guyok that constitute Pyongyang, North Korea.

It had already been one of the ten guyoks in 1961.[2]

Administrative divisions

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Taesŏng-guyŏk is divided into 15 dong (neighbourhoods):

  • Anhak-dong 안학동 (安鶴洞)
  • Ch'ŏng'am-dong 청암동 (淸岩洞)
  • Ch'ŏngho-dong 청호동 (淸湖洞)
  • Kammun-dong 갑문동 (閘門洞)
  • Kosan-dong 고산동 (高山洞)
  • Miam-dong 미암동 (嵋岩洞)
  • Misan 1-dong 미산 1동 (嵋山 1洞)
  • Misan 2-dong 미산 2동 (嵋山 2洞)
  • Rimhŭng-dong 림흥동 (林興洞)
  • Ryongbuk-dong 룡북동 (龍北洞)
  • Ryonghŭng 1-dong 룡흥 1동 (龍興 1洞)
  • Ryonghŭng 2-dong 룡흥 2동 (龍興 2洞)
  • Ryonghŭng 3-dong 룡흥 3동 (龍興 3洞)
  • Ryongnam-dong 룡남동 (龍南洞)
  • Taesŏng-dong 대성동 (大城洞)

References

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  1. ^ North Korea: Administrative Division
  2. ^ Kim, C. (1963). Fifteen-year History of North Korea. JPRS (Series). U.S. Department of Commerce. p. 168. Retrieved 2024-02-21.