Songyo-guyok

Sŏn'gyo-guyŏk or Songyo District is one of the 19 guyok which constitute the city of , North Korea. It is on the eastern bank of the Taedong River at the center of East Pyongyang.
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  • Type: guyok of North Korea with 148,000 residents
  • Description: district of Pyongyang
  • Also known as: “Seon-gyo”, “Seon-gyo-guyeok”, “Seongyo”, “Seongyo-guyeok”, “Son’gyo-guyok”, “Sŏn’gyo-kuyŏk”, “Songyo district”, “Sonkyo District”, and “Tong-kuyŏk”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Juche Tower and Kim Il Sung Square.

Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , completed in 1982, is a 170-metre monument in , the capital of . The monument is named after the ideology of Juche introduced by North Korea's first leader, Kim Il Sung.

Square
Photo: Nicor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a large city square in the Central District of , North Korea, and is named after the country's founding leader, Kim Il Sung. is situated 3½ km northwest of Songyo-guyok.

Theater building
Photo: Laika ac, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a theatre located in . It was opened in 1960.

Songyo-guyok

Latitude
38.9933° or 38° 59′ 36″ north
Longitude
125.7754° or 125° 46′ 31″ east
Population
148,000
Elevation
25 metres (82 feet)
Open location code
8QC7XQVG+85
Geo­Names ID
1869345
Wiki­data ID
Q700598
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Songyo-guyok” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Sŏn’gyo-guyŏk”
  • Chinese: “Sŏn’gyo Khu-he̍k”
  • Chinese: “船桥区”
  • Chinese: “船桥区域”
  • Chinese: “船橋區域”
  • Czech: “Sŏngjogujŏk”
  • Dutch: “Songyo-guyok”
  • Esperanto: “Sŏn’gyo-guyŏk”
  • French: “Arrondissement de Sŏn’gyo”
  • French: “arrondissement de Songyo”
  • French: “kuyok Songyo”
  • French: “Songyo kuyok”
  • French: “Songyo”
  • German: “Songyo-guyok”
  • German: “Sŏngyo-guyŏk”
  • Greek: “Σόνγκιο-γκούγιοκ”
  • Hebrew: “סונגיו”
  • Japanese: “船橋区域”
  • Korean: “선교”
  • Korean: “선교구역”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sŏn’gyo Khu-he̍k”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Songyo”
  • Norwegian: “Songyo”
  • Persian: “سونگیو-گویوک”
  • Polish: “Sŏn’gyo”
  • Portuguese: “Sŏn’gyo-guyŏk”
  • Scots: “Songyo-guyok”
  • Slovak: “Sŏngjogujŏk”
  • Swedish: “Sŏn’gyo-guyŏk”
  • Thai: “เขตซ็องโย”
  • Urdu: “سونگ یو-گویوک”
  • Vietnamese: “Sŏn’gyo-guyŏk”
  • Vietnamese: “Songyo-guyok”
  • Vietnamese: “Songyo”
  • “Sŏn’gyo-guyŏk”
  • “선교구역”

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