Juche Tower

The Juche Tower, completed in 1982, is a 170-metre monument in , the capital of . The monument is named after the ideology of Juche introduced by the country's first leader, Kim Il Sung.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: tower in Pyongyang, North Korea
  • Also known as: “Tower of the Juche Idea”
  • Address: Pyongyang 평양
  • Inscription: “주체”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kim Il Sung Square and Korean Central History Museum.

Square
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is a large city square in the Central District of , North Korea, and is named after the country's founding leader, Kim Il Sung. is situated 1 km west of Juche Tower.

Museum
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The is a located in , . The museum is located at the north end of Kim Il-sung Square. It contains displays on Korean history from primitive society to the modern age. is situated 1 km west of Juche Tower.

Museum
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The Korean Art Gallery is an art museum situated on the south side of Kim Il-sung Square in , , , which opened in 1948. The building is 4 stories tall with 22 display rooms, an exhibition hall, a room for preservation of works and an artworks study room that exhibits a wide range of art, including oil painting, print, sculpture and industrial arts. is situated 1 km west of Juche Tower.

Juche Tower

Latitude
39.01764° or 39° 1′ 4″ north
Longitude
125.76359° or 125° 45′ 49″ east
Inception
April 15th, 1982
Height
5 metres (16 feet)
Open location code
8QF72Q97+3C
Open­Street­Map ID
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Wiki­data ID
Q321697
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Juche Tower” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Juche-toring”
  • Arabic: “برج جوتشي”
  • Armenian: “Չուչխեի աշտարակ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Çuçxe qalası”
  • Basque: “Jutxe dorrea”
  • Basque: “Jutxe Ideiaren dorrea”
  • Basque: “Jutxe Ideien dorrea”
  • Belarusian: “Манумент ідэй чучхэ”
  • Belarusian: “Манумент ідэй Чучхэ”
  • Bengali: “জুছে টাওয়ার”
  • Bulgarian: “Кула на идеите Чучхе”
  • Catalan: “Torre del Juche”
  • Chinese: “主体思想塔”
  • Chinese: “主體思想塔”
  • Czech: “věž Ču Čche”
  • Czech: “věž Čučche”
  • Czech: “Věž Čučche”
  • Dutch: “Juche-toren”
  • Dutch: “Juchetoren”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉuĉe-turo”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉuĉeo-turo”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉuĉĥe-turo”
  • Esperanto: “Ĝuĉe-turo”
  • Finnish: “Juche-torni”
  • French: “monument aux Idées du juche”
  • French: “tour des idées du Juche”
  • French: “tour du Juche”
  • French: “Tour du Juche”
  • French: “tour Juche”
  • Galician: “Torre Juche”
  • Georgian: “ჯუჩეს იდეის კოშკი”
  • German: “Chuch’e-Turm”
  • German: “Juche-Turm”
  • German: “Monument der Chuch’e-Ideologie”
  • German: “Monument der Juche-Ideologie”
  • Greek: “Πύργος Τζούτσε”
  • Hebrew: “מגדל ג’וצ’ה”
  • Hungarian: “Dzsucse torony”
  • Hungarian: “Dzsucse-torony”
  • Indonesian: “Menara Juche”
  • Italian: “Torre Juche”
  • Japanese: “チュチェ思想塔”
  • Japanese: “主体思想塔”
  • Javanese: “Menara Juche”
  • Korean: “주체사상탑”
  • Lithuanian: “Čučhės bokštas”
  • Lithuanian: “Monumentas čučhė idėjoms”
  • Low German: “Juche-Toorn”
  • Macedonian: “Кула на идејата џуче”
  • Malay: “Menara Juche”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Juchetårnet”
  • Norwegian: “Juchetårnet”
  • Pampanga: “Tore ning Juche”
  • Panjabi: “ਜੂਚੇ ਟਾਵਰ”
  • Persian: “برج جوچه”
  • Polish: “Wieża Dżucze”
  • Polish: “Wieża Idei Dżucze”
  • Portuguese: “Torre da Idéia Juche”
  • Portuguese: “Torre Juche”
  • Russian: “Монумент идей чучхе”
  • Russian: “Монумент идей Чучхе”
  • Russian: “Монумент учения Чучхе”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Toranj Juche”
  • Spanish: “Torre del ideario Juche”
  • Spanish: “Torre Juche”
  • Swedish: “Juche Tower”
  • Swedish: “Juchetornet”
  • Tagalog: “Tore ng Juche”
  • Thai: “หอคอยชูเช”
  • Turkish: “Juche Kulesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Монумент ідеям Чучхе”
  • Uzbek: “Chuchhe gʻoyalar monumenti”
  • Vietnamese: “Tháp Chủ Thể”
  • Vietnamese: “Tháp Juche”
  • Western Panjabi: “جوچے مینار”
  • “tomo suli pi nasin Suse”

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