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{{Short description|Capital and largest city of North Korea}} {{Distinguish|Pyonggang County|Pyeongchang County|Pyongsong}} {{Other uses}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- modelled after [[Seoul]] and [[Daegu]] --> | name = Pyongyang | official_name = Pyongyang Directly Governed City | native_name = {{nobold|평양시}} | native_name_lang = ko | settlement_type = [[Special cities of North Korea|Directly governed city]] | translit_lang1 = | image_skyline = {{multiple image | caption_align = center | border = infobox | total_width = 300 | perrow = 1/2/2/2 | color = yellow | image1 = Panoramic_view_from_Juche_Tower.jpg | caption1 = Pyongyang skyline and the [[Taedong River]] | image2 = Pyongyang_at_night_06.JPG | caption2 = [[Juche Tower]] | image3 = Vítězný_oblouk_-_panoramio_(1).jpg | caption3 = [[Arch of Triumph (Pyongyang)|Arch of Triumph]] | image4 = Mansudae Grand Monument (53893987996).jpg | caption4 = [[Mansudae Grand Monument]] | image5 = Prázdné_slnice_a_rozestavěný_hotel_Ryugyong_-_panoramio.jpg | caption5 = [[Ryugyong Hotel]] | image6 = King_Tongmyong's_Mausoleum_Gate_01.jpg | caption6 = [[Tomb of King Tongmyong]] | image7 = Obrovský_pomník_založení_strany_-_panoramio.jpg | caption7 = [[Monument to Party Founding]] }} | image_seal = | nickname = <span style="line-height:1.5em;"> (류경/{{lang|ko|柳京}}){{nbsp|2}}<small>([[Korean language|Korean]])<br />"Capital of Willows"</small></span><ref>{{cite book |last=Funabashi |first=Yoichi |title=The Peninsula Question: A Chronicle of the Second Northern Korean Nuclear Crisis |publisher=[[Brookings Institution]] Press |location=Washington, DC |year=2007 |page=50 |isbn=978-0-8157-3010-1}}</ref> | image_map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=280|type=shape|stroke-width=2|stroke-color=#000000|zoom=8}} | map_caption = ''Location of Pyongyang in North Korea'' | pushpin_relief = 1 | pushpin_map = North Korea#Asia | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{Coord|39|01|00|N|125|44|51|E|type:city(3,200,000)_region:KP-01|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[North Korea]] | subdivision_type1 = | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name1 = | subdivision_name2 = | parts_type = [[Administrative divisions of North Korea#Second-level divisions|Districts]] | parts_style = <!-- =list (for list), coll (for collapsed list), para (for paragraph format) Default is list if up to 5 items, coll if more than 5--> | parts = 19 districts(or wards), 2 counties,1 neighbourhood | p1 = [[Chung-guyok]] | government_footnotes = | governing_body = Pyongyang City People's Assembly | government_type = [[Special cities of North Korea|Directly governed city]] | leader_title1 = Secretary of the City Committee | leader_name1 = [[Kim Su-gil]] | leader_title2 = Chairman of the People's Committee | leader_name2 = [[Choi Hee-tae]] | unit_pref = | area_footnotes = <ref>{{cite book |title=The Statesman's Yearbook 2016: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World |editor=Nick Heath-Brown |page=720}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 829.1 | area_metro_km2 = 3194 | population_total = 3,157,538 | population_as_of = 2021 | population_density_km2 = auto | iso_code = KP-01 | translit_lang1_type1 = [[Hangul|Chosŏn'gŭl]] | translit_lang1_info1 = {{lang|ko|평양직할시}} | translit_lang1_type2 = [[Hanja|Hancha]] | translit_lang1_info2 = {{lang|ko|平壤直轄市}} | translit_lang1_type3 = [[McCune–Reischauer]] | translit_lang1_info3 = {{nowrap|P'yŏngyang Chikhalsi}} | translit_lang1_type4 = [[Revised Romanization of Korean|Revised Romanization]] | translit_lang1_info4 = Pyeongyang Jikhalsi | p2 = [[Pyongchon-guyok]] | p3 = [[Potonggang-guyok]] | p4 = [[Moranbong-guyok]] | p5 = [[Sosong-guyok]] | p6 = [[Songyo-guyok]] | p7 = [[Tongdaewon-guyok]] | p8 = [[Taedonggang-guyok]] | p9 = [[Sadong-guyok]] | p10 = [[Taesong-guyok]] | p11 = [[Mangyongdae-guyok]] | p12 = [[Hyongjesan-guyok]] | p13 = [[Ryongsong-guyok]] | p14 = [[Samsok-guyok]] | p15 = [[Ryokpo-guyok]] | p16 = [[Rangrang-guyok]] | p17 = [[Sunan-guyok]] | p18 = [[Unjong-guyok]] | p19 = [[Hwasong-guyok]] | p20 = [[Kangdong County]] | p21 = [[Kangnam County]] | p22 = [[Panghyon-dong]] | timezone = [[Pyongyang Time|PYT]] | utc_offset = +09:00 | population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |author=United Nations |url=https://data.un.org/en/iso/kp.html |title=Democratic People's Republic of Korea |publisher=Data.un.org |date= |access-date=2023-07-16 |archive-date=28 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128065859/https://data.un.org/en/iso/kp.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | population_demonym = Pyongyangite(s)<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://www.korean-books.com.kp/KBMbooks/en/book/ordinary/20221208150725.pdf |title=Specialties of Korea |publisher=[[Foreign Languages Publishing House (North Korea)|Foreign Languages Publishing House]] |year=2022 |access-date=12 January 2023 |archive-date=12 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112220942/http://www.korean-books.com.kp/KBMbooks/en/book/ordinary/20221208150725.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> | image_map1 = Pyeongyang Map 2020.png | map_caption1 = Pyongyang highlighted in red in North Korea }} '''Pyongyang'''{{efn|{{IPAc-en|lang|p|j|ɒ|ŋ|ˈ|j|æ|ŋ|,_|p|j|ʌ|ŋ|-|,_|-|j|ɑː|ŋ|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Pyongyang.wav}};<ref>{{cite book |last=Wells |first=John C. |year=2008 |title=Longman Pronunciation Dictionary |edition=3rd |publisher=Longman |isbn= 978-1-40588118-0}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/pyongyang |title=Pyongyang definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary |access-date=15 May 2023 |archive-date=7 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160607214659/http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/pyongyang |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/P%27y%C7%92ngyang |title=Definition of P'YŎNGYANG |website=www.merriam-webster.com |access-date=15 May 2023 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512131740/https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/P%27y%C7%92ngyang |url-status=live }}</ref> {{IPA|ko|pʰjʌŋjaŋ|lang|Ko-평양.oga}}}} ({{Korean|hangul=평양|hanja=平壤|context=north}}) is the [[Capital city|capital]] and largest city of [[North Korea]], where it is sometimes labeled as the "Capital of the Revolution" ({{Korean|hangul=혁명의 수도|labels=no}}).<ref>{{cite web |date=1989-07-03 |title=「혁명의 수도」선포...금속·건재 공업이 주류 |url=https://www.joongang.co.kr/article/2342714 |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=[[JoongAng Ilbo]] |language=ko |archive-date=11 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811165705/https://www.joongang.co.kr/article/2342714 |url-status=live }}</ref> Pyongyang is located on the [[Taedong River]] about {{cvt|109|km}} upstream from its mouth on the [[Yellow Sea]]. According to the 2008 population census, it has a population of 3,255,288.<ref name="Nkorea2008">{{cite book |url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sources/census/wphc/North_Korea/Final%20national%20census%20report.pdf |title=D P R Korea, 2008 Population Census, National Report |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325102712/http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sources/census/2010_PHC/North_Korea/2008_North_Korea_Census.pdf |archive-date=25 March 2009 |access-date=17 February 2018}}</ref> Pyongyang is a [[Special cities of North Korea|directly administered city]] ({{Korean|hangul=직할시|hanja=直轄市|mr=chikhalsi|labels=no||}}) with a status equal to that of the [[Provinces of North Korea|North Korean provinces]]. Pyongyang is one of the oldest cities in Korea.<ref name="EBPyongyang"/> It was the capital of two ancient Korean kingdoms, [[Gojoseon]] and [[Goguryeo]], and served as the secondary capital of [[Goryeo]]. Following the establishment of North Korea in 1948, Pyongyang became its ''[[de facto]]'' capital. The city was again devastated during the [[Korean War]], but was quickly rebuilt after the war with [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] assistance. Pyongyang is the political, industrial and transport center of North Korea. It is estimated that 99% of those living in Pyongyang are members, candidate members, or dependents of members of the ruling [[Workers' Party of Korea]] (WPK).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Collins |first=Robert |url=https://www.northkoreanchristians.com/Songbun.pdf |title=Marked for Life: Songbun, North Korea's Social Classification System |publisher=Committee for Human Rights in North Korea |year=2012 |isbn=978-0985648008 |location=United States |pages=69 |language=en |lccn=2012939299}}</ref> It is home to North Korea's major [[Government of North Korea|government institutions]], as well as the WPK which has its headquarters in the [[Government Complex No. 1, Pyongyang|Government Complex No. 1]].
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