Pyongyang
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.
- City with about 2,860,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 30 metres (90 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code FNJ
- Description: capital city of North Korea
- Also known as“Capital of Revolution”“Heijō”“Heijō-fu”“Heizyō”“Heizyō Hu”“P-hjöng-jang”“P’yŏngyang-si”“Phyeng-yang”“Phyong-yang”“Pienyang”“Pingyang”“Pyeongyang”“Ryugyong”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Juche Tower and Kim Il Sung Square.
Arch of Triumph
The Arch of Triumph is a triumphal arch in Pyongyang, North Korea.
Pyongyang
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Latitude
39.0197° or 39° 1′ 11″ north
Longitude
125.7526° or 125° 45′ 9″ east
UN/LOCODE
KP FNJ
Open location code
8QF72Q93+V2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Zulu—“Pyongyang” goes by many names.
PyeongyangAchinese
PjongjangAfrikaans
PjongianAlbanian
PjonjanguAlbanian
ፕዮንግያንግAmharic
بيونغيانغArabic
PyongyangAragonese
ՊխենյանArmenian
ՓխենյանArmenian
ՓհենյանArmenian
পিয়ং ইয়াংAssamese
Pyong YangAsturian
प्योङ्गयाङ्गAwadhi
PxenyanAzerbaijani
PyongyangBalinese
ПхеньянBashkir
PiongiangBasque
ПхеньянBelarusian
ПхэньянBelarusian
পিয়ং ইয়াংBengali
PjongjangBosnian
PyongyangBreton
ПхенянBulgarian
столица на КНДРBulgarian
ပြုံယမ်းမြို့Burmese
PyongyangCatalan
PyongyangCebuano
Pyongyang (lalawigan)Cebuano
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پیۆنگیانگCentral Kurdish
ПхеньянChechen
平壤Chinese
平壤市Chinese
PyeongyangCorsican
PyongyangCorsican
ПхеньянCrimean Tatar
PjongjangCroatian
PchjongjangCzech
PyongyangDanish
PyongyangDimli (individual language)
PyongyangDutch
ПхеньянEastern Mari
بيونغيانغEgyptian Arabic
پيونجيانجEgyptian Arabic
PjongjangoEsperanto
P’yŏngyangEstonian
PjöngjangEstonian
PyongyangExtremaduran
PyongyangFaroese
PyongyangFiji Hindi
PjongjangFinnish
PyongyangGagauz
PyongyangGalician
ფხენიანიGeorgian
ΠιονγιάνγκGreek
ΠιονγκγιάνγκGreek
ફિયોંગયાંગGujarati
PyongyangHaitian
P’yŏngyangHakka Chinese
PyongyangHausa
פיונגיאנגHebrew
प्योंगयांगHindi
PhenjanHungarian
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PyongyangIban
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ピョンヤンJapanese
平壌Japanese
平壌市Japanese
平壌特別市Japanese
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ಪ್ಯೊಂಗ್ಯಾಂಗ್Kannada
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ПхеньянKarachay-Balkar
PyongyangKarekare
P’yŏngyangKashubian
ПхеньянKazakh
Пхеньян қаласыKazakh
ព្យុងយ៉ាងKhmer
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ПхеньянKomi
PyongyangKongo
P’yŏngyangKorean
류경Korean
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평양직할시Korean
혁명의 수도Korean
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ພຽງຢາງLao
PyeongyangLatin
PhenjanaLatvian
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PyòngyangLigurian
平壤Literary Chinese
平壤市Literary Chinese
PchenjanasLithuanian
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PjöngjangLow German
PchjongjangLower Sorbian
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ПјонгјангMacedonian
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प्योङयाङMaithili
प्योङ्गयाङMaithili
PyongyangMalagasy
PyongyangMalay
പ്യോംങ്യാംഗ്Malayalam
PyongyangMaltese
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प्याँगयांगMarathi
پيونگ يانگMazanderani
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بيونگ يانگMesopotamian Arabic
Bìng-iōngMin Dong Chinese
P’yŏngyang Ti̍t-hat-chhīMin Nan Chinese
Pêng-jiángMin Nan Chinese
Pêng-jiáng Ti̍t-hat-chhīMin Nan Chinese
PyongyangMinangkabau
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پيونڭيانڭMoroccan Arabic
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PyongyangNorwegian
PyongyangNorwegian Bokmål
PyongyangNorwegian Nynorsk
PyongyangNovial
PyeongyangOccitan (post 1500)
PīongancOld English (ca. 450-1100)
ПхеньянOssetian
PyeongyangPampanga
PyongyangPampanga
ਪਿਓਂਗਯਾਂਗPanjabi
PyongyangPapiamento
پیونگیانگPersian
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PhenianPolish
PjongjangPolish
پيونګيانګPushto
پیونګیانګPushto
پیونگیانگPushto
PyongyangQuechua
PhenianRomanian
PyongyangRomanian
ПёнъянRussia Buriat
ПхёнъянRussia Buriat
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Столица КНДРRussian
ПхеньянRusyn
ПхйонґянґRusyn
PchenjansSamogitian
ᱯᱤᱭᱚᱝᱤᱭᱟᱝSantali
PyongyangSardinian
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RyugyongScots
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PyongyangShona
PyongyangSicilian
PjongjangSilesian
پيانگ يانگSindhi
පියොන්යෑංSinhala
ප්යොන්ග්යැන්ග්Sinhala
PchjongjangSlovak
PjongjangSlovenian
پیونقیانقSouth Azerbaijani
پیونگیانگSouth Azerbaijani
PyongyangSwahili
PjongjangSwedish
PyongyangSwedish
PjöngjangSwiss German
PionyangTagalog
PyongyangTagalog
ПхенянTajik
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பியொங்யாங்Tamil
பியோங்கியங்Tamil
ПхеньянTatar
పియాంగ్యాంగ్Telugu
เปียงยางThai
ཕོང་ཡང་།Tibetan
PyongyangTok Pisin
PyongyangTurkish
PhenýanTurkmen
ПхеньянUdmurt
PyongyangUighur
پيوڭياڭUighur
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پھیانگ یانگUrdu
پیانگ یانگUrdu
PxenyanUzbek
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Phen’janVeps
PhönjanVeps
Bình NhưỡngVietnamese
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PyöngyangVolapük
PyongyangVõro
PyongyangWaray (Philippines)
P’yŏngyangWelsh
PyongyangWestern Frisian
پیانگ یانگWestern Panjabi
平壤市Wu Chinese
ПхеньянYakut
פיאנגיאנגYiddish
PyongyangYoruba
平壤Yue Chinese
PyongyangZeeuws
i-PyongyangZulu
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