Chung-guyok

{{Short description|District of Pyongyang, North Korea}}

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| type = Guyok of Pyongyang

| name = Chung-guyok

| translit_lang1 = Korean

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| translit_lang1_info = 중구역

| translit_lang1_type1 = Hanja

| translit_lang1_info1 = {{linktext|中|區|域}}

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| translit_lang1_info3 = Chung-guyŏk

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| image_skyline = 0322_Pyongyang_Turm_der_Juche_Idee_Aussicht.jpg

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| image_caption = The Grand People's Study House and Kim Il-sung Square (with Ryugyong Hotel in background)

| image_map = Pyongyang Chung-guyok.svg

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| map_caption = Map of Chung-guyok

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = North Korea

| subdivision_type1 = Direct-administered city

| subdivision_name1 = Pyongyang-Chikhalsi

| seat_type = Capital

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| parts_type = Administrative divisions

| parts_style = para

| p1 = 19 administrative dong

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| leader_title = Mayor

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| area_total_km2 = 13.1

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| population_footnotes = [https://www.citypopulation.de/en/northkorea/admin/ North Korea: Administrative Division]. citypopulation.de.

| population_total = 131,333

| population_as_of = 2008

| population_density_km2 = auto

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Chung-guyok ({{Korean|hangul=중구역|lit=Central District}}) is one of the 19 guyok which constitute the city of Pyongyang, North Korea. The district is located in the center of the city, between the Pothonggang Canal and Taedong River, and is bordered to the north by Moranbong-guyok, to the northwest by Potonggang-guyok, and to the south by Pyongchon-guyok.

Overview

As the centre of Pyongyang, the district holds many of the city's most important buildings. The famous Kim Il-sung Square is located along the banks of the Taedong river, together with the Grand People's Study House, which is the national library of North Korea.[http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/DEPOLIB/0,,contentMDK:64018714~menuPK:50015251~nHighlightIndex:4~pagePK:64032996~piPK:50014957~theSitePK:285317,00.html The Grand People's Study House of the DPR of Korea] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140822053309/http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/DEPOLIB/0,,contentMDK:64018714~menuPK:50015251~nHighlightIndex:4~pagePK:64032996~piPK:50014957~theSitePK:285317,00.html |date=2014-08-22 }}. UN System Depository Libraries. Retrieved on August 31, 2008. Chung-guyok was once the historical centre of Pyongyang, and was almost completely obliterated during the Korean War by American bombing. Vestiges of the old city can still be seen, and the district is home to several of North Korea's National Treasures, including the rebuilt Potong and Taedong Gates, the Pyongyang Bell, the Ryongwang Pavilion, and the Sungryong and Sungin Halls.{{cite web |url=http://north.nricp.go.kr/nrth/kor/cul/cul_lis.jsp?area_cd=11000000 |script-title=ko:북한문화재 자료관|access-date=2009-05-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203130618/http://north.nricp.go.kr/nrth/kor/cul/cul_lis.jsp?area_cd=11000000 |archive-date=2008-12-03 }} Other buildings include the Koryo Hotel, Taedonggang Hotel, Pyongyang First Department Store, the Korea Stamp Museum, the Pyongyang Central Children's palace and Taedongmoon Cinema.

The Pyongyang Metro runs through this district, with stops at Yonggwang, Ponghwa and Sungri stations. Pyongyang's central railway station is also located here.

Executive offices of the North Korean government and its industry are located in the area. The headquarters of the Workers' Party of Korea and the headquarters of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea are located in the area.

Many new riverside terraced apartments were built along the Pothonggang Canal, a project which Kim Jong-un visited multiple times,[https://www.nknews.org/2021/08/north-korea-upgrades-new-skyscraper-to-80-floors-making-it-2nd-tallest-in-dprk/ "North Korea upgrades new skyscraper to 80 floors, making it 2nd-tallest in DPRK | NK News"]. NK News - North Korea News. 2021-08-27. Retrieved 2021-09-10 and the district was renamed by the 690th order of the Presidium of the SPA.{{Cite web|script-work=ko:로동신문|url=http://rodong.rep.kp/ko/index.php?strPageID=SF01_02_01&newsID=2021-09-12-0003|access-date=2021-09-12|language=ko| title=로동신문 }}

Economy

Air Koryo has a booking office in Tongsŏng-dong."[http://www.korea-dpr.com//Air%20Koryo/contact.htm Contact] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605071321/http://www.korea-dpr.com//Air%20Koryo/contact.htm |date=2011-06-05 }}." Air Koryo. Retrieved on August 6, 2009.

Administrative divisions

Chung-guyok is divided into nineteen administrative districts known as dong.{{Cite web |url=http://nk.joins.com/map/i002.htm |script-work=ko:북한지명사전 |access-date=2009-04-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061104121819/http://nk.joins.com/map/i002.htm |archive-date=2006-11-04 |url-status=dead |title=북한지명사전 }}

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!Chosŏn'gŭl

!Hancha

Ch'anggwang-dong창광동{{linktext|蒼|光|洞}}
Chongro-dong종로동{{linktext|鍾|路|洞}}
Chungsŏng-dong중성동{{linktext|中|城|洞}}
Haebangsan-dong해방산동{{linktext|解放|山|洞}}
Kyogu-dong교구동{{linktext|橋|口|洞}}
Kyŏngrim-dong경림동{{linktext|敬|臨|洞}}
Kyongru-dong{{Cite web|url=http://rodong.rep.kp/en/index.php?strPageID=SF01_02_01&newsID=2021-09-12-0002|work=Rodong Sinmun}}

|경루동

|瓊樓洞{{Cite web|script-work=zh:劳动新闻|url=http://rodong.rep.kp/cn/index.php?strPageID=SF01_02_01&newsID=2021-09-12-0002|access-date=2021-09-12|language=zh| title=劳动新闻 }}

Kyŏngsang-dong경상동{{linktext|慶|上|洞}}
Mansu-dong만수동{{linktext|萬|壽|洞}}
Oesŏng-dong외성동{{linktext|外|城|洞}}
Ot'an-dong오탄동{{linktext|烏|灘|洞}}
Pot'ongmun-dong보통문동{{linktext|普|通|門|洞}}
Ryŏnhwa-dong련화동{{linktext|蓮|花|洞}}
Ryusŏng-dong류성동{{linktext|柳|城|洞}}
Sŏch'ang-dong서창동{{linktext|西|蒼|洞}}
Sŏmun-dong서문동{{linktext|西|門|洞}}
Taedongmun-dong대동문동{{linktext|大|同|門|洞}}
Tong'an-dong동안동{{linktext|東|岸|洞}}
Tonghŭng-dong동흥동{{linktext|東|興|洞}}
Tongsŏng-dong동성동{{linktext|東|城|洞}}
Yŏkchŏn-dong역전동{{linktext|驛|前|洞}}

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