Moranbong-guyok
Moranbong-guyŏk, or the Moranbong District, is one of the 18 guyŏk which constitute the capital city of Pyongyang, North Korea. It is located north of Chung-guyok, the city's central district, and is bordered to the north by Sosong and Taesong-guyoks, to the east by the Taedong River, and the west by the Pothonggang Canal and Potonggang-guyok.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: guyok of North Korea with 143,000 residents
- Description: district of Pyongyang
- Also known as: “Moranbong district”, “Moranbong-guyŏk”, and “Moranbongguyeok”
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.
Moranbong-guyok
- Location: Pyongyang, Pyongan, North Korea, East Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Moranbong-guyok” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Moranbong-guyŏk”
- Chinese: “Moranbong Khu-he̍k”
- Chinese: “牡丹峰区”
- Chinese: “牡丹峰区域”
- Chinese: “牡丹峰區域”
- Czech: “Moranbong gujŏk”
- Czech: “Moranbong-gujŏk”
- Czech: “Moranbong”
- Czech: “Moranbonggujŏk”
- Dutch: “Moranbong-guyok”
- Esperanto: “Moranbong-guyŏk”
- French: “arrondissement de la Colline Moran”
- French: “Arrondissement de la Colline Moran”
- French: “arrondissement de Moranbong”
- French: “district de Moranbong”
- French: “kuyok Moranbong”
- French: “Moranbong kuyok”
- German: “Moranbong-guyeok”
- German: “Moranbong-guyok”
- German: “Moranbong-guyŏk”
- Greek: “Μόρανμπονγκ-γκούγιοκ”
- Hebrew: “מוראנבונג”
- Japanese: “牡丹峰区域”
- Korean: “모란봉”
- Korean: “모란봉구역”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Moranbong Khu-he̍k”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Moranbong”
- Norwegian: “Moranbong”
- Persian: “مورانبونگ-گویوک”
- Polish: “Moranbong”
- Portuguese: “Moranbong-guyŏk”
- Scots: “Moranbong-guyok”
- Swedish: “Moranbong-guyŏk”
- Thai: “เขตโมรันบง”
- Ukrainian: “Моранбон”
- Vietnamese: “Moranbong-guyok”
- Vietnamese: “Moranbong-guyŏk”
- Vietnamese: “Moranbong”
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