Kijong-dong
Kijŏng-dong, Kijŏngdong, Kijŏng tong or Kaepoong is a Potemkin village in P'yŏnghwa-ri, Panmun-guyok, Kaesong Special City, North Korea. It is situated in the North's half of the Korean Demilitarized Zone.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in P’yŏnghwa-ri, North Korea
- Also known as: “Gijeongdong” and “Kijŏng-dong”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Joint Security Area and Bridge of No Return.
Joint Security Area
Military installation
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Joint Security Area is the only portion of the Korean Demilitarized Zone where North and South Korean forces stand face-to-face. The JSA is used by the two Koreas for diplomatic engagements and, until March 1991, was also the site of military negotiations between North Korea and the United Nations Command.
Bridge of No Return
Bridge
Photo: Filzstift, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Located in the Joint Security Area, the so-called "Bridge of No Return" crosses the Military Demarcation Line between North Korea and South Korea.
North Korea Peace Museum
Museum
Photo: Bubbha, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The North Korea Peace Museum is in the building constructed to house the signing of the Korean War Armistice Agreement on 27 July 1953. It is located in the former village of Panmunjeom in North Hwanghae Province, North Korea.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Daeseong-dong and Panmunjeom.
Daeseong-dong
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Daeseong-dong is a village in South Korea close to the North Korean border. It lies within the Korean Demilitarized Zone. The village is about 1.6 kilometres south of the Bridge of No Return, and 12 km from the city of Kaesong, North Korea.
Panmunjeom
Photo: Kok Leng Yeo, CC BY 2.0.
Panmunjeom, also P'anmunjŏm, is on the demarcation line between North and South Korea. It is a living relic of the Cold War era. It can only be visited on an organized tour.
Kaesong
Photo: Nicor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kaesŏng is a city in North Korea, only 8 km from the DMZ with South Korea. Twelve historic monuments and sites in Kaesong were inscribed to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2013.
Kijong-dong
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: North Hwanghae, North Korea, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.94464° or 37° 56′ 41″ northLongitude
126.65585° or 126° 39′ 21″ eastElevation
15 metres (49 feet)Open location code
8Q98WMV4+V8OpenStreetMap ID
node 4621899955OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Kijong-dong” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كيجونغ-دونغ”
- Belarusian: “Кіджандон”
- Catalan: “Kijŏng-dong”
- Chinese: “机井洞”
- Chinese: “機井洞”
- Chinese: “氣靜洞”
- Czech: “Kidžong”
- Czech: “Kidžŏng”
- Czech: “Kidžŏngdong”
- Czech: “Pchjŏnghwačchon”
- Czech: “Sŏndžŏnmaŭl”
- Danish: “Gijeong-dong”
- Dutch: “Gijeong-dong”
- Dutch: “Kijong-dong”
- Dutch: “Kijŏng-dong”
- Esperanto: “Kijŏng-dong”
- Finnish: “Gijeong-dong”
- Finnish: “Kijŏng-dong”
- French: “Kijong-dong”
- Georgian: “კიჯონ-დონგი (პროპაგანდისტული სოფელი)”
- Georgian: “კიჯონ-დონგი”
- German: “Friedensdorf”
- German: “Kijong-dong”
- German: “Kijŏng-dong”
- Greek: “Γκίτζονγκ-ντονγκ”
- Hungarian: “Kidzsong-tong”
- Hungarian: “Kidzsongdong”
- Indonesian: “Kijŏng-dong”
- Italian: “Kijŏng-dong”
- Japanese: “機井洞”
- Kirghiz: “Кижондон”
- Korean: “Gijeong-dong”
- Korean: “기정동”
- Korean: “선전 마을”
- Korean: “선전마을”
- Lombard: “Kijŏng-dong”
- Low German: “Fredensdörp”
- Low German: “Kijong”
- Malay: “Kijŏng-dong”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gijeong-dong”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kijong-dong”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kijŏng-dong”
- Norwegian: “Kijŏng-dong”
- Persian: “پیس ویلیج”
- Polish: “Kijondong”
- Polish: “Kijŏng-dong”
- Portuguese: “Kijŏng-dong”
- Russian: “Деревня мира”
- Russian: “Деревня Пропаганды”
- Russian: “Киджондон”
- Russian: “Кйонг-донг”
- Slovenian: “Kidžong-dong”
- Spanish: “Kijong-dong”
- Spanish: “Kijŏng-dong”
- Swedish: “Kijŏng-dong”
- Thai: “หมู่บ้านสันติภาพ”
- Turkish: “Kijŏng-dong”
- Ukrainian: “Кіджондон”
- Vietnamese: “Kijŏng-dong”
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