Chung-guyok
Chung-guyok is one of the 19 guyok which constitute the city of Pyongyang, North Korea. The district is located in the center of the city, between the Pothonggang Canal and Taedong River, and is bordered to the north by Moranbong-guyok, to the northwest by Potonggang-guyok, and to the south by Pyongchon-guyok.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Nicor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Nicor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: guyok of North Korea with 131,000 residents
- Description: district of Pyongyang
- Also known as: “Central District”, “Central District Pyongyang”, “Chung district”, “Jung”, and “Sin-kuyŏk”
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Juche Tower and Kim Il Sung Square.
Juche Tower
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The Juche Tower, completed in 1982, is a 170-metre monument in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, and the tallest structure in the city. The monument is named after the ideology of Juche introduced by the country's first leader, Kim Il Sung.
Kim Il Sung Square
Square
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Kim Il Sung Square is a large city square in the Central District of Pyongyang, North Korea, and is named after the country's founding leader, Kim Il Sung.
Grand People’s Study House
Library
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The Grand People's Study House is the central library located in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea. The library was built in 1982 in honour of the Supreme Leader Kim Il Sung's 70th birthday.
Chung-guyok
- Location: Pyongyang, Pyongan, North Korea, East Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Chung-guyok” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Չունգույոկ”
- Catalan: “Chung-guyok”
- Cebuano: “Chung-guyŏk”
- Chinese: “Chung Khu-he̍k”
- Chinese: “中区域”
- Chinese: “中區”
- Chinese: “中區域”
- Czech: “Čung gujŏk”
- Czech: “Čung-gujŏk”
- Czech: “Čung”
- Czech: “Čunggujŏk”
- Dutch: “Chung-guyok”
- Esperanto: “Chung-guyŏk”
- Esperanto: “Meza Distrikto”
- French: “Arrondissement de P’yŏngyang-Centre”
- French: “arrondissement de Pyongyang-Centre”
- French: “arrondissement Jung”
- French: “Jung kuyok”
- French: “kuyok Chung”
- French: “kuyok Jung”
- German: “Chung-guyok”
- German: “Chung-guyŏk”
- German: “Jung-guyeok”
- Greek: “Τζουνγκ-γκούγιοκ”
- Hebrew: “צ’ונג גויוק”
- Hebrew: “צ׳ונג”
- Japanese: “中区域”
- Korean: “중”
- Korean: “중구역”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Chung Khu-he̍k”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Chung”
- Norwegian: “Chung”
- Persian: “چونگ-گویوک”
- Polish: “Chung”
- Portuguese: “Chung-guyŏk”
- Russian: “Чунгуёк”
- Scots: “Chung-guyok”
- Slovenian: “gujok Čung”
- Spanish: “Chung-guyok”
- Swedish: “Chung-guyŏk”
- Thai: “เขตชุง”
- Turkish: “Chung-guyok”
- Urdu: “چونگ ضلع”
- Vietnamese: “Chung-guyok”
- Vietnamese: “Chung-guyŏk”
- Vietnamese: “Trung”
- “Chung-guyŏk”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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