Pugan-dong
Pugan-dong is a locality in Kaesŏng-si, Kaesong. Pugan-dong is situated nearby to the locality Naesŏng-dong, as well as near Puso-dong.Places of Interest
Highlights include Kaesong Station and Sungyang Seowon.
Kaesong Station
Railway station
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Kaesŏng station is a railway station located in Kaesŏng, 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; though this line physically connects P'yŏngyang to Pusan via Dorasan, in operational reality trains terminate here due to the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
Sungyang Seowon
Archaeological site
Photo: Photlas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sungyang Hall is a fourteenth-century Confucian academy located on the side of Mt. Janam in Kaesong, North Korea. The hall was constructed in the late fourteenth century for the home of the famously loyal statesman and Confucian scholar Chŏng Mong-ju, whose 1392 assassination by the agents of the later Taejo of Joseon marked the end of the Koryo dynasty.
Kaesong Youth Stadium
Stadium
The Kaesŏng Youth Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Kaesŏng, North Korea. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 35,000 spectators and opened in 1988.
Pugan-dong
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Bugan-dong”
- Location: Kaesŏng-si, Kaesong, Hwanghae, North Korea, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
37.9756° or 37° 58′ 32″ northLongitude
126.5516° or 126° 33′ 6″ eastElevation
43 metres (141 feet)Open location code
8Q98XHG2+6JGeoNames ID
13587901
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Korean—“Pugan-dong” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “北安洞”
- Korean: “북안동”
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