Pyongyang

Pyongyang 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.
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  • …has about 2,510,000 residents
  • Also known as
    “Heijō-fu”
    “Hēzyō”
    “P’yŏngyang-bu”
    “P’yŏngyang-jikhalsi”
    “P’yongyang-pu”
    “P’yŏngyang-si”
    “P’yŏngyang-T’ukolsi”
    “P’yŏngyang-t’ŭkpyŏlsi”
    “Pyeongyang”
    “Pyeongyang-jikhalsi”
  • Location
  • View on Open­Street­Map
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Latitude
39.1333° or 39° 8′ north
Longitude
125.9167° or 125° 55′ east
Open location code
8QF74WM8+8M
Geo­Names ID
1871856

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Uzbek—“Pyongyang” goes by many names.
ፒዮንግያንግAmharic
PxenyanAzerbaijani
পিয়োংইয়াংBengali
PyongyangFrench
PjöngjangGerman
PyongyangHausa
平壌Japanese
PyongyangJavanese
ПхеньянKazakh
ПхеньянKirghiz
평양Korean
평양시Korean
평양직할시Korean
平壤Korean
平壤直轄市Korean
PyongyangMalay
PyongyangOromo
ਪਿਓਂਗਯਾਂਗPanjabi
پیونگ‌یانگPersian
PionguianguePortuguese
پيونګيانګPushto
PyongyangSomali
PionyangSpanish
PyongyangSwahili
ПхеньянTajik
ПхеньянTatar
PyongyangUzbek

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