Kim Il Sung Square

Kim Il Sung Square is a large city square in the Central District of , North Korea, and is named after the country's founding leader, Kim Il Sung.
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  • Type: Square
  • Description: square in Pyongyang, North Korea
  • Also known as: “Kim Il-sung Square”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Korean Central History Museum and Korean Art Museum.

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 110 metres east of Kim Il Sung Square.

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 140 metres southeast of Kim Il Sung Square.

Library
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The Grand People's Study House is the national library of , located in the capital city of . The library was built in 1982 in honour of the Supreme Leader Kim Il Sung's 70th birthday. is situated 360 metres west of Kim Il Sung Square.

Kim Il Sung Square

Latitude
39.0197° or 39° 1′ 11″ north
Longitude
125.75336° or 125° 45′ 12″ east
Inception
1954
Open location code
8QF72Q93+V8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 473827539
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­square
Wiki­data ID
Q72218
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Kim Il Sung Square” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ساحة كيم إيل سونغ”
  • Arabic: “ميدان كم إل سونغ”
  • Armenian: “Կիմ Իլ Սոնգի անվան հրապարակ”
  • Basque: “Kim Il-sung enparantza”
  • Basque: “Kim Il-sung plaza”
  • Catalan: “Plaça Kim Il-sung”
  • Chinese: “金日成广场”
  • Chinese: “金日成廣場”
  • Czech: “Kim Ir-senovo náměstí”
  • Czech: “Náměstí Kim Il Sunga”
  • Czech: “náměstí Kim Ir-sena”
  • Czech: “náměstí Kima Ir-sena”
  • Dutch: “Kim Il-sungplein”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ميدان كم ال سونج”
  • Esperanto: “Kim Il-sung Placo”
  • Esperanto: “Placo Kim Il-sung”
  • Finnish: “Kim Il-sungin aukio”
  • French: “place Kim Il-sung”
  • French: “Place Kim Il-sung”
  • Galician: “Praza Kim Il Sung”
  • German: “Kim-Il-sung-Platz”
  • Greek: “Πλατεία Κιμ Ιλ-σονγκ”
  • Hebrew: “כיכר קים איל ז’ונג”
  • Hebrew: “כיכר קים איל סונג”
  • Indonesian: “Lapangan Kim Il-sung”
  • Italian: “piazza Kim Il-sung”
  • Italian: “Piazza Kim Il-sung”
  • Japanese: “金日成広場”
  • Korean: “김일성광장”
  • Macedonian: “плоштад „Ким Ил-сунг“”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kim Il-sung-plassen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kim Il-sungplassen”
  • Norwegian: “Kim Il-sung-plassen”
  • Polish: “Plac Kim Ir Sena”
  • Portuguese: “Praça Kim Il-sung”
  • Romanian: “Piața Kim Ir-sen”
  • Russian: “Площадь имени Ким Ир Сена”
  • Russian: “площадь Ким Ир Сена”
  • Scots: “Kim Il-sung Squerr”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Trg Kim Il-sunga”
  • Spanish: “Plaza Kim Il Sung”
  • Spanish: “Plaza Kim Il-sung”
  • Swedish: “Kim Il Sung-torget”
  • Thai: “จัตุรัสคิม อิล-ซ็อง”
  • Turkish: “Kim İl-sung Meydanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Площа імені Кім Ір Сена”
  • Ukrainian: “площа Кім Ір Сена”
  • Vietnamese: “Quảng trường Kim Nhật Thành”

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