Man'gyŏngdae-guyŏk or Man'gyŏngdae District () is one of the 18 guyŏk (wards) that constitute
P'yŏngyang,
North Korea
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. It began as a village called
Man'gyŏngdae-ri in
South P'yŏngan Province before becoming a district of P'yŏngyang in September 1959. The area is surrounded by several hills, the highest one named because one can enjoy a bird's-eye view of the surrounding scenic landscape, and the village at its foot is called
Man'gyŏngdae
Mangyongdae () is a neighborhood in Mangyongdae-guyok, Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korean propaganda claims Mangyongdae is the birthplace of North Korean leader Kim Il Sung, although in his With the Century, memoirs he wrote that he had been bo ...
. Man'gyŏngdae was the birthplace of North Korean leader
Kim Il Sung
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.
Man'gyŏngdae-guyŏk extends to the west past the
Sunhwa River
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, to
Kangso-gun. Kwangbok Street is a residential district of high rise apartments populated by members of the DPRK media and cultural institutions.
Administrative divisions
Man'gyŏngdae-guyŏk is divided into 26 ''tong'' (neighbourhoods) and 2 ''ri'' (villages):
* Changhun 1-dong ()
* Changhun 2-dong ()
* Changhun 3-dong ()
* Ch'ilgol 1-dong ()
* Ch'ilgol 2-dong ()
* Ch'ilgol 3-dong ()
* Ch'ukchŏn 1-dong ()
* Ch'ukchŏn 2-dong ()
* Kallimgil 1-dong ()
* Kallimgil 2-dong ()
* Kŏn'guk-dong ()
* Kŭmch'ŏn-dong ()
* Kŭmsŏng 1-dong ()
* Kŭmsŏng 2-dong ()
* Kŭmsŏng 3-dong ()
* Kwangbok-dong ()
* Man'gyŏngdae-dong ()
* P'algol 1-dong ()
* P'algol 2-dong ()
* Ryong'aksan-dong ()
* Ryongsan-dong ()
* Samhŭng-dong ()
* Sŏn'guja-dong ()
* Sŏnnae-dong ()
* Sŏsan-dong ()
* Taep'yŏng-dong ()
* Tangsan 1-dong ()
* Tangsan 2-dong ()
* Ryongbong-ri ()
* Wŏllo-ri ()
See also
*
Mangyongdae
Mangyongdae () is a neighborhood in Mangyongdae-guyok, Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korean propaganda claims Mangyongdae is the birthplace of North Korean leader Kim Il Sung, although in his memoirs
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– historic neighborhood in Man'gyŏngdae-guyŏk
*
Mangyongdae Children's Palace
The Mangyongdae Children's Palace (or Mangyongdae School Children's Palace) in Pyongyang is a public facility managed by Korean Youth Corps in North Korea where pioneer members can engage in extra-curricular activities, such as learning mus ...
*
Mangyongdae Funfair
*
Mangyongdae Revolutionary School
References
Districts of Pyongyang
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