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==Administrative status and divisions== P'yŏngyang is divided into 19 districts (or wards) (''ku-'' or ''guyŏk'') ''(the city proper)'', 2 counties (''kun'' or ''gun''), and 1 [[Dong (administrative division)|neighborhood]] (''dong'').<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nk.chosun.com/map/map.html?ACT=geo_01 |script-title=ko:행정구역현황 |title=Haengjeong Guyeok Hyeonhwang |work=NK Chosun |access-date=10 January 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060109202822/http://nk.chosun.com/map/map.html?ACT=geo_01 |archive-date=9 January 2006}} Also [http://www.xzqh.org/waiguo/asia/1002.htm Administrative divisions of North Korea] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041018022439/http://www.xzqh.org/waiguo/asia/1002.htm |date=18 October 2004 }} (used as reference for hanja)</ref> {{colbegin}} * [[Chung-guyok]] ({{lang|ko-Hang|중구역}}; {{lang|ko|中區域}}) * [[Pyongchon-guyok]] ({{lang|ko-Hang|평천구역}}; {{lang|ko|平川區域}}) * [[Potonggang-guyok]] ({{lang|ko-Hang|보통강구역}}; {{lang|ko|普通江區域}}) * [[Moranbong-guyok]] ({{lang|ko-Hang|모란봉구역}}; {{lang|ko|牡丹峰區域}}) * [[Sŏsŏng-guyŏk]] ({{lang|ko-Hang|서성구역}}; {{lang|ko|西城區域}}) * [[Songyo-guyok]] ({{lang|ko-Hang|선교구역}}; {{lang|ko|船橋區域}}) * [[Tongdaewŏn-guyŏk]] ({{lang|ko-Hang|동대원구역}}; {{lang|ko|東大院區域}}) * [[Taedonggang-guyŏk]] ({{lang|ko-Hang|대동강구역}}; {{lang|ko|大同江區域}}) * [[Sadong-guyŏk]] ({{lang|ko-Hang|사동구역}}; {{lang|ko|寺洞區域}}) * [[Taesong-guyok]] ({{lang|ko-Hang|대성구역}}; {{lang|ko|大城區域}}) * [[Mangyongdae-guyok]] ({{lang|ko-Hang|만경대구역}}; {{lang|ko|萬景台區域}}) * [[Hyongjesan-guyok]] ({{lang|ko-Hang|형제산구역}}; {{lang|ko|兄弟山區域}}) * [[Hwasong-guyok]] ({{lang|ko-Hang|화성구역}}; {{lang|ko|和盛區域}})<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ko:조선중앙통신 {{!}} 기사 {{!}} 화성지구의 행정구역명칭을 정하였다 |url=http://kcna.kp/kp/article/q/669fe64b44cd967d77e0f6d1c60cc042.kcmsf |access-date=2022-04-15 |website=[[Korean Central News Agency]] |archive-date=15 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415001649/http://kcna.kp/kp/article/q/669fe64b44cd967d77e0f6d1c60cc042.kcmsf |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[Ryongsong-guyok]] ({{lang|ko-Hang|룡성구역}}; {{lang|ko|龍城區域}}) * [[Samsok-guyok]] ({{lang|ko-Hang|삼석구역}}; {{lang|ko|三石區域}}) * [[Ryokpo-guyok]] ({{lang|ko-Hang|력포구역}}; {{lang|ko|力浦區域}}) * [[Rakrang-guyok]] ({{lang|ko-Hang|락랑구역}}; {{lang|ko|樂浪區域}}) * [[Sunan-guyŏk]] ({{lang|ko-Hang|순안구역}}; {{lang|ko|順安區域}}) * [[Unjong-guyok]] ({{lang|ko-Hang|은정구역}}; {{lang|ko|恩情區域}}) * [[Kangdong County]] ({{lang|ko-Hang|강동군}}; {{lang|ko|江東郡}}) * [[Kangnam County]] ({{lang|ko-Hang|강남군}}; {{lang|ko|江南郡}}) * [[Panghyŏn-dong]] ({{lang|ko-Hang|방현동}}; {{lang|ko|方峴洞}}) {{colend}} Foreign media reports in 2010 stated that [[Kangnam-gun]], [[Chunghwa-gun]], [[Sangwŏn-gun]], and [[Sŭngho-guyŏk]] had been transferred to the administration of neighboring [[North Hwanghae Province]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201007160470.html |periodical=[[Asahi Shimbun]] |date=17 July 2010 |access-date=19 July 2010 |title=Pyongyang now more than one-third smaller; food shortage issues suspected |archive-date=26 May 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120526204201/http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201007160470.html |url-status=live }}</ref> However, Kangnam-gun was returned to Pyongyang in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2012/02/29/kangnam-moved-into-pyongyang/ |title=Kangnam moved into Pyongyang |date=2012-02-29 |work=North Korean Economy Watch |access-date=7 August 2019 |archive-date=7 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807082953/http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2012/02/29/kangnam-moved-into-pyongyang/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Panghyŏn-dong, a missile base, was administrated by [[Kusong]], [[North Pyongan Province]]. It had been transferred to the administration of P'yŏngyang on February 10, 2018.<ref>{{cite news |author1=안준용 |title=北, 평양서 150km 떨어진 곳을 평양市에 편입 왜? |url=https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2018/03/07/2018030700259.html |access-date=2022-01-30 |work=[[The Chosun Ilbo]] |archive-date=2 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602194252/https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2018/03/07/2018030700259.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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