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P'yŏngyang (Korea)

평양직할시 (Korea)

平壤 (Korea)


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  • Codes

    • a-kn---

  • Variants

    • Ping-yang (Korea)
    • Pyengyang (Korea)
    • Phyöngyang (Korea)
    • Phyengyang (Korea)
    • Pkhenʹi︠a︡n (Korea)
    • Pʻing-jang (Korea)
    • Heijō (Korea)
    • Pʻyŏngyang, Korea
    • Namgyŏng (Korea)
    • Pʻyŏngyang Tʻŭkpyŏlsi (Korea)
    • Pjöngjang (Korea)
    • Pyeng Yang (Korea)
    • 평양 (Korea)
    • 平壤 (Korea)
    • Pingrang (Korea)
    • 평양시 (Korea)
    • P'yŏngyang-si (Korea)
    • Pyongyang Directly Governed City (Korea)
    • 평양직할시 (Korea)
    • P'yŏngyang Chikhalsi (Korea)

  • Identifies LC/NAF RWO

    • Descriptor

        Cities and towns

    • Associated Locale

        Korea (North)

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  • Earlier Established Forms

    • Pʻyŏngyang, Korea

  • Sources

    • found: Pʻyŏngyang chi, 1957.
    • found: Kim, Y.G. Namgyŏng yujŏk e kwanhan yŏnʼgu, 1984:t.p. (Namgyŏng)
    • found: Pukhan chido, 1978?:map recto (Pʻyŏngyang Tʻŭkpyŏlsi has been enlarged to include parts of Pʻyŏngan-namdo: Sangwŏn-gun, Chunghwa-gun, Kangnam-gun)
    • found: Pfabigan, A. Schlaflos in Pjöngjang, c1986
    • found: Sungjŏn Taehakkyo 80-yŏnsa, 1979:p. 74, etc. (Pyeng Yang)
    • found: Wikipedia, September 9, 2015(Pyongyang (Chosŏn'gŭl: 평양 = P'yŏngyang; hancha: 平壤 = P'yŏngyang); capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (commonly known as North Korea) and the largest city in the country. The city was split from the South P'yŏngan province in 1946. It is administered as a directly governed city (chikhalsi, 직할시) on the same level as provincial governments; 평양시 = P'yŏngyang-si; Pyongyang Directly Governed City; 평양직할시 = P'yŏngyang Chikhalsi; 39°1ʹ10ʺN 125°44ʹ17ʺE)
    • found: The world factbook, via WWW, September 9, 2015(under Korea, North: capital: Pyongyang; geographic coordinates: 39 01 N, 125 45 E)

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  • Change Notes

    • 1980-08-21: new
    • 2022-06-09: revised

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