Tojo-dong

Tojo-dong is a locality in Kaesong, Hwanghae. Tojo-dong is situated nearby to the locality Ungch’ŏn-dong, as well as near Marang-dong.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sonha station and Sungyang Seowon.

Sonha station

Railway station

Photo: Martin Cígler, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sonha station is a railway station located in Kaesŏng-t'ŭkkŭpsi, North Hwanghae province, North Korea. It is on located on the P'yŏngbu Line, which was formed from part of the Kyŏngŭi Line to accommodate the shift of the capital from Seoul to P'yŏngyang…

Sungyang Seowon

Archaeological site

Photo: Photlas, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sungyang Hall is a fourteenth-century Confucian academy located on the side of Mt. Janam in Kaesong, North Korea. The hall was constructed in the late fourteenth century for the home of the famously loyal statesman and Confucian scholar Chŏng Mong-ju, whose 1392 assassination by the agents of the later Taejo of Joseon marked the end of the Koryo dynasty.

Kaesong Station

Railway station

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Kaesŏng station is a railway station located in Kaesŏng, North Korea. It is located on the P'yŏngbu Line, which was formed from part of the Kyŏngŭi Line to accommodate the shift of the capital from Seoul to P'yŏngyang; though this line physically connects P'yŏngyang to Pusan via Dorasan, in operational reality trains terminate here due to the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Kaesong Station is situated 2½ km northwest of Tojo-dong.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kijong-dong and Panmunjeom.

Kijong-dong

Hamlet

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Kijŏng-dong, Kijŏngdong, Kijŏng tong or Kaepoong is a Potemkin village in P'yŏnghwa-ri, Panmun-guyok, Kaesong Special City, North Korea. It is situated in the North's half of the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Kijong-dong is situated 8 km east of Tojo-dong.

Panmunjeom

Photo: Kok Leng Yeo, CC BY 2.0.

Panmunjeom, also P'anmunjŏm, is on the demarcation line between North and South Korea. It is a living relic of the Cold War era. It can only be visited on an organized tour.

Daeseong-dong

Village

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Daeseong-dong is a village in South Korea close to the North Korean border. It lies within the Korean Demilitarized Zone. The village is about 1.6 kilometres south of the Bridge of No Return, and 12 km from the city of Kaesong, North Korea. Daeseong-dong is situated 10 km east of Tojo-dong.

Tojo-dong

Type: Locality
Also known as: “Dojodong”, “Dojori”, and “Tojo-ri”
Location: Kaesong, Hwanghae, North Korea, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

37.95737° or 37° 57′ 27″ north

Longitude

126.56974° or 126° 34′ 11″ east

Elevation

59 metres (194 feet)

Open location code

8Q98XH49+WV

GeoNames ID

1868175

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Korean—“Tojo-dong” goes by many names.

Chinese: “都助洞”
Chinese: “都助里”
Korean: “도조동”
Korean: “도조리”

Localities in the Area

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