Mangyongdae () is a neighborhood in

Mangyongdae-guyok Man'gyŏngdae-guyŏk or Man'gyŏngdae District () is one of the 18 guyŏk (wards) that constitute Pyongyang, P'yŏngyang, North Korea. It began as a village called Mangyongdae-ri, Man'gyŏngdae-ri in South Pyongan Province, South P'yŏngan Prov ...

Pyongyang Pyongyang () is the Capital city, capital and largest city of North Korea, where it is sometimes labeled as the "Capital of the Revolution" (). Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River about upstream from its mouth on the Yellow Sea. Accordi ...

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu River, Yalu (Amnok) an ...

North Korean propaganda Propaganda is widely used and produced by the government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). Most propaganda is based on the ''Juche'' ideology, veneration of the ruling Kim family, the promotion of the Workers' Party ...

claims Mangyongdae is the birthplace of North Korean leader

Kim Il Sung Kim Il Sung (born Kim Song Ju; 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was a North Korean politician and the founder of North Korea, which he led as its first Supreme Leader (North Korean title), supreme leader from North Korea#Founding, its establishm ...

, although in his

memoirs A memoir (; , ) is any nonfiction narrative writing based on the author's personal memories. The assertions made in the work are thus understood to be factual. While memoir has historically been defined as a subcategory of biography or autobio ...

he wrote that he had been born in the nearby neighborhood of

Chilgol Chilgol () is a suburb of Pyongyang in the Mangyongdae District. Chilgol is known as the place where Kang Pan Sok, the mother of Kim Il Sung, North Korea's first leader Leadership, is defined as the ability of an individual, group, or or ...

. Mangyongdae is where his father

Kim Hyong-jik Kim Hyong-jik (; 10 July 1894 – 5 June 1926) was a Korean independence activist during Japanese rule. He was the father of the North Korean founder Kim Il Sung, the paternal grandfather of Kim Jong Il, and a great-grandfather of the c ...

was from, and where Kim Il Sung spent his childhood. Mangyongdae has been designated as a historic site since 1947, and is listed as a

Revolutionary Site Revolutionary Sites () are designated historical sites in North Korea. The sites were designated by Kim Jong Il when he began working at the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Workers' Party of Korea in 1966. He would send troops all ov ...

. Original structures at the site have been replaced with replicas. Mangyongdae has since been incorporated to the city of Pyongyang. The

Football at the Mangyongdae Prize Sports Games The Football at the Mangyongdae Prize is an association football competition held for professional teams in Multi-sport event - Mangyongdae Prize Sports Games in North Korea. The competition is named after the Mangyongdae settlement, where Kim H ...

and Mangyongdae Prize International Marathon are both named after the area.

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