Sosong-guyok
Sŏsŏng-guyŏk, or Sosong District, is one of the 18 guyŏk of Pyongyang, North Korea. It is located on the Pot'ong River, west of the Moranbong-guyŏk and south of Hyŏngjesan-guyŏk. It was established January 1958.Photo: Nicor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: guyok of North Korea with 147,000 residents
- Description: district of Pyongyang
- Also known as: “kuyok Sosong”, “Seoseong”, “Seoseong-guyeok”, “Sŏ-kuyŏk”, “Sosong County”, and “Sosong district”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rungrado 1st of May Stadium and Arch of Triumph.
Rungrado 1st of May Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Nicor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Rungrado 1st of May Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium occupying an area of 20.7 hectares on the island Rŭngrado, Pyongyang, North Korea. It opened on 1 May 1989, with its first major event being the 13th World Festival of Youth and Students.
Arch of Triumph
Photo: Uwe Brodrecht, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Arch of Triumph is a triumphal arch in Pyongyang, North Korea. It was built to commemorate the Korean resistance to Japan from 1925 to 1945. It is the second tallest memorial arch in the world, after Monumento a la Revolución in Mexico, standing 60 m high and 50 m wide.
Kim Il-sung Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kim Il Sung Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Pyongyang, the capital city of North Korea. The stadium is used primarily for association football matches.
Sosong-guyok
- Location: Pyongyang, Pyongan, North Korea, East Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Sosong-guyok” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sŏsŏng-guyŏk”
- Chinese: “Sŏsŏng Khu-he̍k”
- Chinese: “西城区域”
- Czech: “Sŏsŏng gujŏk”
- Czech: “Sŏsŏng”
- Czech: “Sŏsŏnggujŏk”
- Dutch: “Sosong-guyok”
- Esperanto: “Sŏsŏng-guyŏk”
- French: “arrondissement de Sosong”
- French: “kuyok Sosong”
- French: “Kuyok Sosong”
- French: “Sosong kuyok”
- German: “Sosong-guyok”
- German: “Sŏsŏng-guyŏk”
- German: “Sosongrnyeok”
- Greek: “Σόσονγκ-γκούγιοκ”
- Hebrew: “סוסונג”
- Japanese: “西城区域”
- Korean: “서성”
- Korean: “서성구역”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Sŏsŏng Khu-he̍k”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sosong”
- Norwegian: “Sosong”
- Persian: “سوسونگ-گویوک”
- Polish: “Sŏsŏng”
- Portuguese: “Sŏsŏng-guyŏk”
- Scots: “Sosong-guyok”
- Spanish: “Sŏsŏng-guyŏk”
- Swedish: “Sŏsŏng-guyŏk”
- Thai: “เขตซอซ็อง”
- Vietnamese: “Sosong-guyok”
- Vietnamese: “Sŏsŏng-guyŏk”
- Vietnamese: “Sosong”
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