Pyongyang

Pyongyang

평양
Directly Govrened Ceety
Pyongyang Directly Govrened Ceety
  transcription(s)
 • Chosŏn'gŭl평양직할시
 • Hancha平壤直轄市
 • McCune-ReischauerP'yŏngyang Chikhalsi
 • Revised RomanizationPyeongyang Jikhalsi
Frae tap left: Pyongyang's Skyline, Juche Touer, Kumsusan Memorial Palace, Airch o Triumph, Airch o Reunification, Tomb o Keeng Dongmyeong & Puhŭng Station, Pyongyang Metro
Frae tap left: Pyongyang's Skyline, Juche Touer, Kumsusan Memorial Palace, Airch o Triumph, Airch o Reunification, Tomb o Keeng Dongmyeong & Puhŭng Station, Pyongyang Metro
Eik-name(s): 
"Jerusalem o the East" (archaic)[1][2]
Cairt o North Korea wi Pyongyang heichlichtit
Cairt o North Korea wi Pyongyang heichlichtit
Coordinates: 39°1′10″N 125°44′17″E / 39.01944°N 125.73806°E / 39.01944; 125.73806Coordinates: 39°1′10″N 125°44′17″E / 39.01944°N 125.73806°E / 39.01944; 125.73806
KintraNorth Korea
RegionP'yŏngan
Foondit1122 BC
Destricts
Govrenment
 • Chairman o Pyongyang Municipal Fowk's CommitteeRyang Man Kil
Area
 • Total3194 km2 (1,233 sq mi)
Elevation
27 m (89 ft)
Population
 (2008)
 • Total2,581,076[3]
 • Dialect
P'yŏngan

Pyongyang (Korean pronunciation: [pçɔɲaŋ], literally: "Flat Land") is the caipital an lairgest ceety o North Korea (Democratic Fowkrepublic o Korea), locatit on the Taedong River.

Etymology

Ane o its mony historic names is Ryugyŏng (류경; 柳京), or "caipital o willaes", as willae trees hae aaways been numerous throughoot the ceety's history, an mony poems hae been written aboot thir willaes. Even the day, Pyongyang haes numerous willae trees, wi mony buildings an places haein "Ryugyŏng" in thair names. The maist notable o thir is the uncompleted Ryugyŏng Hotel.

Its ither historic names include Kisŏng, Hwangsŏng, Rakrang, Sŏgyŏng, Sŏdo, Hogyŏng, an Changan. Durin the Japanese rule it wis kent as Heijō, which is simply the Japanese readin o the Cheenese characters 平壌 which comprise the name Pyongyang.

Sister ceeties

References

  1. ↑ Lankov, Andrei (16 Mairch 2005). "North Korea's missionary position". Asia Times Online. Asia Times Online Ltd. Archived frae the original on 2 Februar 2018. Retrieved 25 Januar 2013. By the early 1940s Pyongyang was by far the most Protestant of all major cities of Korea, with some 25-30% of its adult population being church-going Christians. In missionary circles this earned the city the nickname "Jerusalem of the East".
  2. ↑ Caryl, Christian (15 September 2007). "Prayer In Pyongyang". The Daily Beast. The Newsweek/Daily Beast Company LLC. Archived frae the original on 16 Februar 2013. Retrieved 25 Januar 2013. It's hard to say how many covert Christians the North has; estimates range from the low tens of thousands to 100,000. Christianity came to the peninsula in the late 19th century. Pyongyang, in fact, was once known as the "Jerusalem of the East."
  3. ↑ http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?q=city+population&d=POP&f=tableCode%3a240


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