Ryŏkp'o-guyŏk, or Ryŏkp'o District, is one of the 18 wards (guyŏk) that constitute

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. This is where part of the Goguryeo tombs of Pyongyang can be found.

Etymology

The county name is after a village called ryokpodong.There are multiple theories behind the name Ryokpo. One theory suggests that it resulted from a misreading of the original chinese name Kompo(劍浦) which read the character Kom(劍) as ryok(力).The original name Kompo was said to be named because it was a spot where Kokuryo generals cleaned their swords in the creeks.Another theory suggests the name Ryokpo had an actual origin, because of an incident in the Joseon dynasty where the people used pure human force to block the incoming waters during high tide.

History

The modern county was created in 1960 from the

Rangrang-guyok Rangrang-guyŏk or Rangrang District is one of the 18 ''kuyŏk'' that constitute the city of Pyongyang, North Korea. It is located south of the Taedong River, and is bordered to the north by Songyo-guyok, to the east by the Ryokpo-guyok, and to ...

and Sungho guyok(present day Sungho county).It merged some areas from

Chunghwa County Chunghwa County is a county of North Hwanghae, formerly one of the four suburban counties of East Pyongyang, North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes th ...

in 1965.

Administrative divisions

Ryŏkp'o-guyŏk is divided into 6 ''tong'' (neighbourhoods) and 6 ''ri'' (villages): * Changjin 1-dong 장진 1동 (將進 1洞):It was named because it was thought to be the place where a korean general followed the japanese invaders to attack them during the

Imjin War The Imjin War () was a series of two Japanese invasions of Korea: an initial invasion in 1592 also individually called the "Imjin War", a brief truce in 1596, and a second invasion in 1597 called the Chŏngyu War (). The conflict ended in 159 ...

.It was originally called Jangjindong in 1896 but renamed to jangjinri and jangjongri until the 1960s. * Changjin 2-dong 장진 2동 (將進 2洞):Same as what is described about Changjin 1-dong. * Nŭnggŭm-dong 능금동(능금洞):named for its Nunggum trees(chinese crab apple trees), was created in 1967 from Tangjongri(堂井里) and Ryokpodong. * Seumul-ri 세우물리:Named after the three wells that existed in the Joseon dynasty, was created in 1967. * Taehyŏn-dong 대현동 (大峴洞) * Ryŏkp'o-dong 력포동 (力浦洞) * Sosin-dong 소신동 (小新洞) * Ch'udang-ri 추당리 (楸唐里):created in 1952 from Chubinri(秋斌里) and Namdangri(藍溏里).It was briefly part of Sungho guyok in 1959. * Ryongsal-ri 룡산리 (龍山里) * Ryuhyŏl-ri 류현리 (柳絃里) * Sosamjŏng-ri 소삼정리 (小三亭里) * Yang'ŭm-ri 양음리 (陽陰里)

References

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