Taedonggang-guyŏk (Korean: 대동강구역), or Taedong River District, is one of the 18 guyŏk, and one of the six that constitute East Pyongyang, North Korea. Taedonggang-guyŏk is on the eastern bank of the Taedong River, north of Tongdaewŏn-guyŏk and west of Sadong-guyŏk (Sadong District). It was established in January 1958.
Taedonggang-guyŏk 대동강구역 | |
|---|---|
Guyŏk of Pyongyang | |
| Korean transcription(s) | |
| • Hanja | 大同江區域 |
| • McCune-Reischauer | Taedonggang-guyŏk |
| • Revised Romanization | Daedonggangguyeok |
 Location of Taedonggang-guyok within Pyongyang | |
| Coordinates: 39°01′50″N 125°47′50″E / 39.03056°N 125.79722°E | |
| Country | North Korea |
| Direct-administered city | P'yŏngyang-Chikhalsi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 14.41 km2 (5.56 sq mi) |
| Population (2008[1]) | |
| • Total | 207,081 |
| • Density | 14,000/km2 (37,000/sq mi) |
| Taedonggang-guyok | |
 Pyongyang University of Music and Dance in Taedonggang-guyŏk | |
| Korean name | |
|---|---|
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 대동강구역 |
| Hancha | |
| Revised Romanization | Daedonggangguyeok |
| McCune–Reischauer | Taedonggang-guyŏk |
Administrative divisions
Taedonggang-guyŏk is divided into 25 tong (neighbourhoods):
- Ch'ŏngryu 1-dong 청류 1동 (淸流 1洞)
- Ch'ŏngryu 2-dong 청류 2동 (淸流 2洞)
- Ch'ŏngryu 3-dong 청류 3동 (淸流 3洞)
- Munhŭng 1-dong 문흥 1동 (文興 1洞)
- Munhŭng 2-dong 문흥 2동 (文興 2洞)
- Munsu 1-dong 문수 1동 (紋繡 1洞)
- Munsu 2-dong 문수 2동 (紋繡 2洞)
- Munsu 3-dong 문수 3동 (紋繡 3洞)
- Puksu-dong 북수동 (北繡洞)
- Ongryu 1-dong 옥류 1동 (玉流 1洞)
- Ongryu 2-dong 옥류 2동 (玉流 2洞)
- Ongryu 3-dong 옥류 3동 (玉流 3洞)
- Rŭngra 1-dong 릉라 1동 (綾羅 1洞)
- Rŭngra 2-dong 릉라 2동 (綾羅 2洞)
- Sagok 1-dong 사곡 1동 (四谷 1洞)
- Sagok 2-dong 사곡 2동 (四谷 2洞)
- Soryong 1-dong 소룡 1동 (小龍 1洞)
- Soryong 2-dong 소룡 2동 (小龍 2洞)
- Taedonggang-dong 대동강동 (大洞江洞)
- Tongmun 1-dong 동문 1동 (東門 1洞)
- Tongmun 2-dong 동문 2동 (東門 2洞)
- T'apchŏ 1-dong 탑제 1동
- T'apchŏ 2-dong 탑제 2동
- T'apchŏ 3-dong 탑제 3동
- Ŭi'am-dong 의암동 (衣岩洞)
Landmarks
It is home to the Pyongyang University of Music and Dance.
It is connected to Chung-guyok by the Okryu Bridge, and to Rungra Island and Moranbong-guyok by the Rungra Bridge.[2][3]
References
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