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Taesŏng-guyŏk, or Taesŏng District is one of the 18 guyok that constitute Pyongyang, North Korea.
Taesŏng-guyŏk
대성구역 | |
|---|---|
Guyŏk of Pyongyang | |
| Korean transcription(s) | |
| • Hanja | 大城區域 |
| • McCune-Reischauer | Taesŏng-guyŏk |
| • Revised Romanization | Daeseongguyeok |
 Location of Taesong-guyok within Pyongyang | |
| Coordinates: 39°03′50″N 125°49′00″E / 39.06389°N 125.81667°E | |
| Country | North Korea |
| Direct-administered city | P'yŏngyang-Chikhalsi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 45.44 km2 (17.54 sq mi) |
| Population (2008[1]) | |
| • Total | 115,739 |
| • Density | 2,500/km2 (6,600/sq mi) |
| Taesong-guyok | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 대성구역 |
|---|---|
| Hancha | |
| Revised Romanization | Daeseongguyeok |
| McCune–Reischauer | Taesŏng-guyŏk |
It had already been one of the ten guyoks in 1961.[2]
Administrative divisions edit
Taesŏng-guyŏk is divided into 15 dong (neighbourhoods):
- Anhak-dong 안학동 (安鶴洞)
- Ch'ŏng'am-dong 청암동 (淸岩洞)
- Ch'ŏngho-dong 청호동 (淸湖洞)
- Kammun-dong 갑문동 (閘門洞)
- Kosan-dong 고산동 (高山洞)
- Miam-dong 미암동 (嵋岩洞)
- Misan 1-dong 미산 1동 (嵋山 1洞)
- Misan 2-dong 미산 2동 (嵋山 2洞)
- Rimhŭng-dong 림흥동 (林興洞)
- Ryongbuk-dong 룡북동 (龍北洞)
- Ryonghŭng 1-dong 룡흥 1동 (龍興 1洞)
- Ryonghŭng 2-dong 룡흥 2동 (龍興 2洞)
- Ryonghŭng 3-dong 룡흥 3동 (龍興 3洞)
- Ryongnam-dong 룡남동 (龍南洞)
- Taesŏng-dong 대성동 (大城洞)
References edit
- ^ North Korea: Administrative Division
- ^ Kim, C. (1963). Fifteen-year History of North Korea. JPRS (Series). U.S. Department of Commerce. p. 168. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
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