Panmunjeom

Panmunjeom, also P'anmunjŏm, is on the demarcation line between and . It is a living relic of the Cold War era. It can only be visited on an organized tour.
  • Type: Locality
  • Description: military settlement between North and South Korea
  • Also known as: “Hanmonten”, “Joint Security Area”, “JSA”, “Kongdong kjŏngbi kujŏk”, “Pammunjeom”, “Panmundżon”, “Panmunjom”, “공동경비구역”, “널문리”, “パンムンジョム”, “パンムンジョン”, and “板門驛”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Joint Security Area and North Korea Peace Museum.

Military installation
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The is the only portion of the…

Museum
The is in the building…

Bridge
Located in the , the "Bridge…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kijong-dong and Daeseong-dong.

Hamlet
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Kijŏng-dong, Kijŏngdong, Kijŏng tong or Kaepoong…

Village
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is a in close to the North Korean border.

Panmunjeom

Latitude
37.9559° or 37° 57′ 21″ north
Longitude
126.677° or 126° 40′ 37″ east
Elevation
22 metres (72 feet)
Open location code
8Q98XM4G+8R
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Panmunjeom” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بانمنجوم”
  • Azerbaijani: “Panmuncom”
  • Basque: “Panmunjom”
  • Belarusian: “Пханмунджом”
  • Catalan: “Panmunjeom”
  • Chinese: “板門店”
  • Chinese: “板门店”
  • Czech: “Pchanmundžom”
  • Danish: “Panmunjom”
  • Dutch: “Panmunjeom”
  • Dutch: “Panmunjom”
  • Esperanto: “Panmunĝomo”
  • Esperanto: “Panmunjom”
  • Estonian: “Panmunjom”
  • Finnish: “P’anmunjŏm”
  • Finnish: “Panmunjom”
  • French: “Panmunjeom”
  • Georgian: “პანმუნჯომი”
  • Georgian: “ფანმუნჯომი”
  • German: “Panmunjeom”
  • Greek: “Πάνμουντζομ”
  • Hebrew: “פאנמונג’ום”
  • Hungarian: “Panmindzson”
  • Indonesian: “Panmunjom”
  • Indonesian: “Panmunjon”
  • Italian: “Panmunjeom”
  • Japanese: “板門店”
  • Khmer: “ផាន់មុនចំ”
  • Korean: “판문점”
  • Lithuanian: “Panmundžomas”
  • Macedonian: “Панмунџом”
  • Malay: “Panmunjeom”
  • Malayalam: “പാൻമുൻജോം”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Panmunjom”
  • Norwegian: “Panmunjom”
  • Persian: “پانمونجوم”
  • Polish: “Panmundżom”
  • Portuguese: “Panmunjeom”
  • Portuguese: “Panmunjon”
  • Russian: “Пханмунджом”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “P’anmunjŏm”
  • Spanish: “Panmunjom”
  • Swedish: “Panmunjeom”
  • Swedish: “Panmunjom”
  • Thai: “พันมุนจ็อม”
  • Turkish: “Panmunjom”
  • Ukrainian: “Пханмунджом”
  • Urdu: “پانمونجوم”
  • Vietnamese: “Bàn Môn Điếm”
  • Yue Chinese: “板門店”

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