East Asia
North Korea
South P’yŏngan Province

Pyongsong

Pyongsong is a city in , the capital city of in western North Korea. The city is located about 32 kilometres northeast of , and was formally established in December 1969. It has a population of 284,386.
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  • Type: City with 100,000 residents
  • Description: city in North Korea
  • Also known as: “P’yŏngsŏng”, “Phyongsong”, “Phyongsong City”, “Pyŏngsŏng”, “Pyongsong-si”, “Sain-ni”, “Sanchon”, “Shajimjō”, “Shajinjō”, and “Shaninjō”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pyongsong station and Paesanjom.

Railway station
P'yŏngsŏng station is a railway station in Yŏkchŏn-dong, P'yŏngsong city, , . It is located on the P'yŏngra Line of the Korean State Railway.

Railway station
The P'yŏngra Line is an electrified standard-gauge trunk line of the Korean State Railway in , running from to , where it connects with the Hambuk Line. It is North Korea's main northeast–southwest rail line.

Pyongsong

Latitude
39.2483° or 39° 14′ 54″ north
Longitude
125.8722° or 125° 52′ 20″ east
Population
100,000
Elevation
53 metres (174 feet)
Open location code
8QF76VXC+8V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7778226608
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1871871
Wiki­data ID
Q514136
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Pyongsong” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Pyeongseong”
  • Achinese: “Pyongsong”
  • Arabic: “بيونغسونغ”
  • Basque: “Pyongsong”
  • Belarusian: “Пхенсан”
  • Bengali: “পিয়ংসং”
  • Catalan: “Pyongsong”
  • Cebuano: “P’yŏngsŏng”
  • Central Bikol: “Pyongsong”
  • Chinese: “P’yŏngsŏng Chhī”
  • Chinese: “平城”
  • Chinese: “平城市”
  • Czech: “Pchjongsong”
  • Danish: “Pyongsong”
  • Dutch: “P’yongsong”
  • Dutch: “P’yŏngsŏng”
  • Dutch: “Pyongsong”
  • Esperanto: “Pjongsong”
  • Finnish: “P’yongsong”
  • Finnish: “P’yŏngsŏng”
  • Finnish: “Pyeongseong”
  • Finnish: “Pyongsong”
  • French: “Phyongsong”
  • French: “Pyongsong”
  • Friulian: “Pyongsong”
  • German: “P’yŏngsŏng”
  • German: “Pyongsong”
  • Greek: “Πιόνγκσονγκ”
  • Gujarati: “પ્યોંગ્સૉંગ”
  • Hebrew: “פיונגסונג”
  • Hindi: “प्योंगसोनग”
  • Hungarian: “Phjongszong”
  • Indonesian: “Pyongsong”
  • Irish: “Pyongsong”
  • Italian: “Pyongsong”
  • Japanese: “平城市”
  • Kannada: “ಪಯೋಂಗ್ಸಾಂಗ್”
  • Korean: “평성”
  • Korean: “평성시”
  • Latvian: “Phjonsona”
  • Lithuanian: “Pchensanas”
  • Lithuanian: “Piongsongas”
  • Low German: “Pyongsong”
  • Malay: “Pyongsong”
  • Marathi: “प्योंगोंग”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “P’yŏngsŏng Chhī”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pyongsong”
  • Norwegian: “Pyongsong”
  • Persian: “پیونگسونگ”
  • Polish: “P’yongsong”
  • Polish: “P’yŏngsŏng”
  • Polish: “Phyongsong”
  • Polish: “Pyeongsong”
  • Polish: “Pyongsong”
  • Portuguese: “Pyongsong”
  • Romanian: “P’yŏngsŏng”
  • Russian: “Пхёнсон”
  • Scots: “Pyongsong”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “P’yŏngsŏng”
  • Silesian: “P’yŏngsŏng”
  • Sinhala: “යෝන්ග්සොන්ග්”
  • Spanish: “Pesong (casa de pe)”
  • Spanish: “Pyongsong”
  • Swedish: “P’yŏngsŏng”
  • Swedish: “Pyongsong”
  • Swedish: “Sainjang”
  • Tagalog: “Pyongsong”
  • Tamil: “பியோங்சொங்”
  • Tatar: “Пйоңсоң”
  • Telugu: “ప్యోoగ్ సాంగ్”
  • Thai: “พย็องซ็อง”
  • Turkish: “Pyongsong”
  • Ukrainian: “Пхьонсон”
  • Urdu: “پیونگسونگ”
  • Venetian: “Pyongsong”
  • Vietnamese: “P’yŏngsŏng”
  • Vietnamese: “Pyongsong”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Phyongsong”
  • Welsh: “Pyongsong”
  • Yue Chinese: “平城”
  • “P’yŏngsŏng”

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Notable Places Nearby

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