Kaesŏng-si

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.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bongdong and Sonha station.

Bongdong

Railway station

Pongdong station is a railway station located in Pongsan County, North Hwanghae province, North Korea. It is on located on the P'yŏngbu Line, which was formed from part of the Kyŏngŭi Line to accommodate the shift of the capital from Seoul to P'yŏngyang…

Sonha station

Railway station

Photo: Martin Cígler, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sonha station is a railway station located in Kaesŏng-t'ŭkkŭpsi, North Hwanghae province, North Korea. It is on located on the P'yŏngbu Line, which was formed from part of the Kyŏngŭi Line to accommodate the shift of the capital from Seoul to P'yŏngyang…

Panmun Station

Railway station

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

P'anmun station is a railway station located in the Kaesŏng Industrial Region, North Hwanghae province, North Korea. It is located on the P'yŏngbu Line, which was formed from part of the Kyŏngŭi Line to accommodate the shift of the capital from Seoul to P'yŏngyang. Panmun Station is situated 4 km southeast of Kaesŏng-si.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Panmunjeom and Kijong-dong.

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.

Kijong-dong

Hamlet

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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. Kijong-dong is situated 4½ km east of Kaesŏng-si.

Daeseong-dong

Village

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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. Daeseong-dong is situated 7 km east of Kaesŏng-si.

Kaesŏng-si

Also known as: “Kaesŏng”, “Kaesŏng-bu”, “Kaesong-si”, and “Kaijō-fu”
Location: Kaesong, Hwanghae, North Korea, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

37.9483° or 37° 56′ 54″ north

Longitude

126.603° or 126° 36′ 11″ east

Elevation

35 metres (115 feet)

Open location code

8Q98WJX3+86

GeoNames ID

1876370

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In Other Languages

“Kaesŏng-si” goes by many names.

Korean: “개성시”

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