Taesong-guyok
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.Photo: Mannen av börd, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: guyok of North Korea with 116,000 residents
- Description: district of Pyongyang
- Also known as: “Daeseong”, “Daeseong-guyeok”, “Daeseongguyeok”, “Taesong district”, and “Taesŏng-kuyŏk”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Central Zoo and Taesongsan.
Central Zoo
Zoo
Photo: Alex Kuehni, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Korea Central Zoo, also referred to as the Pyongyang Central Zoo, is the national zoo of North Korea. It is located near Taesŏngsan mountain in downtown Pyongyang.
Taesongsan
Peak
Photo: AgainErick, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Taesŏngsan is a mountain in Taesong-guyok, Pyongyang, North Korea. It has an elevation of 270 metres. One popular visitor attraction on Taesŏngsan is the outdoor ice rink.
Anhak Royal Palace Site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Anhakkung was the royal residence of the kingdom Goguryeo after the capital was moved to Pyongyang from Gungnae. The palace was built in 427 AD in the Taesong District of Pyongyang, North Korea, at the foot of Mount Taesong.
Taesong-guyok
- Location: Pyongyang, Pyongan, North Korea, East Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Taesong-guyok” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Taesŏng-guyŏk”
- Chinese: “Taesŏng Khu-he̍k”
- Chinese: “大城区”
- Chinese: “大城区域”
- Chinese: “大城區域”
- Czech: “Täsŏng gujŏk”
- Czech: “Täsŏng-gujŏk”
- Czech: “Täsŏng”
- Czech: “Täsŏnggujŏk”
- Dutch: “Taesong-guyok”
- Esperanto: “Taesŏng-guyŏk”
- French: “arrondissement de Taesong”
- French: “kuyok Taesong”
- French: “Kuyok Taesong”
- French: “Taesong kuyok”
- French: “Taesong”
- German: “Taesong-guyok”
- German: “Taesŏng-guyŏk”
- Greek: “Ντέσονγκ-γκούγιοκ”
- Hebrew: “טסונג”
- Japanese: “大城区域”
- Korean: “대성”
- Korean: “대성구역”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Taesŏng Khu-he̍k”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Taesong”
- Norwegian: “Taesong”
- Persian: “تائهسونگ-گویوک”
- Persian: “ناحیه تهسونگ”
- Polish: “Taesŏng”
- Portuguese: “Taesŏng-guyŏk”
- Scots: “Taesong-guyok”
- Slovenian: “gujok Cesong”
- Swedish: “Taesŏng-guyŏk”
- Thai: “เขตแทซ็อง”
- Vietnamese: “Taesong-guyok”
- Vietnamese: “Taesŏng-guyŏk”
- Vietnamese: “Taesong”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Soemal and Ch’anumul-li.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pyeongyangminsokgongwon and Taesongsan Funfair.
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