Chung-guyok

Chung-guyok is one of the 19 guyok which constitute the city of , 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 , to the northwest by , and to the south by .
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  • 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.

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The , completed in 1982, is a 170-metre monument in , the capital of . The monument is named after the ideology of Juche introduced by North Korea's first leader, Kim Il Sung.

Square
Photo: Nicor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a large city square in the Central District of , North Korea, and is named after the country's founding leader, Kim Il Sung.

Photo: Uwe Brodrecht, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a triumphal arch in , 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 in , standing 60 m high and 50 m wide.

Chung-guyok

Latitude
39.0196° or 39° 1′ 11″ north
Longitude
125.7483° or 125° 44′ 54″ east
Population
131,000
Elevation
50 metres (164 feet)
Open location code
8QF72P9X+V8
Geo­Names ID
1877859
Wiki­data ID
Q700629
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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: “Чун-гуёк”
  • 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”

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