Pongsu Church
Bongsu Church is a Protestant church in the Konguk-dong of the Mangyongdae District of Pyongyang in North Korea. It is one of just a handful of churches in the country and one of only two Protestant churches, the other one being Chilgol Church.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Description: church building in Pyongyang, North Korea
- Also known as: “Bongsu Church”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kwangbok and Potonggang station.
Kwangbok
Metro station
Kwangbok Station is the western terminus station on Hyŏksin Line of the Pyongyang Metro. The station features a golden statue of Kim Il Sung as well as murals depicting slogan trees – trees engraved with revolutionary slogans from the time of the anti-Japanese struggle. Kwangbok is situated 1 km southwest of Pongsu Church.
Potonggang station
Railway station
Pot'onggang station is a railway station in Pulg'ŭn'gori 1-dong, Pot'onggang-guyŏk, P'yŏngyang, North Korea, on the P'yŏngnam Line of the Korean State Railway. Potonggang station is situated 1½ km south of Pongsu Church.
Sopyongyang
Railway station
Sŏp'yŏngyang station is a railway station in Sŏsŏng-guyŏk, P'yŏngyang, North Korea. It is on located on the P'yŏngra and P'yŏngŭi lines of the Korean State Railway. Local transit connections can be made to Line 3 of the P'yŏngyang tram system. Sopyongyang is situated 2 km northeast of Pongsu Church.
Pongsu Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Pyongyang, Pyongan, North Korea, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
39.04526° or 39° 2′ 43″ northLongitude
125.70633° or 125° 42′ 23″ eastOpen location code
8QF72PW4+4GOpenStreetMap ID
way 1072677425OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q17407655
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Pongsu Church” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “鳳岫教堂”
- Chinese: “鳳岫教會”
- Dutch: “Pongsukerk”
- Esperanto: “Kirko Pongsu”
- French: “église Pongsu”
- French: “Église Pongsu”
- German: “Kirche Pongsu”
- Indonesian: “Gereja Bongsu”
- Japanese: “鳳岫教会”
- Korean: “봉수교회”
- Low German: “Bongsu-Kark”
- Polish: “Kościół Bongsu”
- Polish: “Kościół Pongsu”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de Bongsu”
- Spanish: “Iglesia Pongsu”
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