Sohung-dong

Sohung-dong is a quarter in . Sohung-dong is situated nearby to the quarter , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Korean Revolution Museum and Mansudae Assembly Hall.

Museum
Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 3.0.
The , located in Pyongyang, North Korea, was founded on August 1, 1948, and holds a large exhibition of items related to Kim Il Sung and the Korean revolutionary movement.

Public building
Photo: Nicor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Pyongyang Assembly Hall, formerly known as the , is the seat of the Supreme People's Assembly, the unicameral supreme state organ of power of .

Photo: Uwe Brodrecht, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a triumphal arch in , 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 in , standing 60 m high and 50 m wide.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pyongyang.

Photo: Nicor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the capital city of , with about 2,750,000 inhabitants. It is on the Taedong River in the southwest of the country and is known as the Capital of the Revolution.

Sohung-dong

Latitude
39.03596° or 39° 2′ 10″ north
Longitude
125.74635° or 125° 44′ 47″ east
Elevation
17 metres (56 feet)
Open location code
8QF72PPW+9G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9315033167
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­quarter
Geo­Names ID
1870043
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Korean—“Sohung-dong” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “西興洞”
  • Japanese: “西興洞”
  • Korean: “서흥동”

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