Kyonghung-dong
Kyonghung-dong is a quarter in North Korea. Kyonghung-dong is situated nearby to the quarter Sojang-dong, as well as near Taebo-dong.Places of Interest
Highlights include Ryugyong Hotel and Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum.
Ryugyong Hotel
Building
Photo: Martin Cígler, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Ryugyong Hotel, or Yu-Kyung Hotel, is a 330 m tall unfinished pyramid-shaped skyscraper in Pyongyang, North Korea. Its name is also one of the historical names for Pyongyang.
Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum is a history and military museum dedicated to the Korean War located in North Korea's capital of Pyongyang.
Ryugyong Jong Ju Yong Indoor Stadium
Sports venue
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ryugyong Chung Ju-yung Gymnasium is an indoor sporting arena located in Pyongyang, North Korea. The capacity of the arena is 12,309 and it was built in 2003.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pyongyang.
Pyongyang
Photo: Nicor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pyongyang is the capital city of North Korea, with about 2,750,000 inhabitants. It is on the Taedong River in the southwest of the country and is known as the Capital of the Revolution.
Kyonghung-dong
- Type: Quarter
- Also known as: “Kurwŏn-dong” and “Kyŏnghŭng-dong”
- Category: locality
- Location: North Korea, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.03819° or 39° 2′ 18″ northLongitude
125.72882° or 125° 43′ 44″ eastElevation
12 metres (39 feet)Open location code
8QF72PQH+7GOpenStreetMap ID
node 9310140097OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterGeoNames ID
1874791
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Russian—“Kyonghung-dong” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “慶興洞”
- Japanese: “慶興洞”
- Korean: “경흥동”
- Russian: “Кёнхындон”
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Localities in the Area
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