P'yŏngyang (Korea)

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Name (Hebrew)
פיונגיאנג (קוריאה)
Name (Latin)
P'yŏngyang (Korea)
Other forms of name
P'yŏngyang Chikhalsi (Korea)
P'yŏngyang-si (Korea)
Pingrang (Korea)
Pyongyang Directly Governed City (Korea)
Ping-yang (Korea)
Pyengyang (Korea)
Phyöngyang (Korea)
Phyengyang (Korea)
Pkhenʹi︠a︡n (Korea)
Pʻing-jang (Korea)
Heijō (Korea)
nnaa Pʻyŏngyang, Korea
Namgyŏng (Korea)
Pʻyŏngyang Tʻŭkpyŏlsi (Korea)
Pjöngjang (Korea)
Pyeng Yang (Korea)
Coordinates
125.73 125.73 39.03 39.03 (gooearth )
Associated country
Korea (North)
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 241570470
Wikidata: Q18808
Library of congress: n 80014572
Sources of Information
  • The world factbook, via WWW, September 9, 2015(under Korea, North: capital: Pyongyang; geographic coordinates: 39 01 N, 125 45 E)
  • 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)
  • Pʻyŏngyang chi, 1957.
  • Kim, Y.G. Namgyŏng yujŏk e kwanhan yŏnʾgu, 1984:t.p. (Namgyŏng)
  • Pukhan chido, 1978?:map recto (Pʻyŏngyang Tʻŭkpyŏlsi has been enlarged to include parts of Pʻyŏngan-namdo: Sangwŏn-gun, Chunghwa-gun, Kangnam-gun)
  • Pfabigan, A. Schlaflos in Pjöngjang, c1986
  • Sungjŏn Taehakkyo 80-yŏnsa, 1979:p. 74, etc. (Pyeng Yang)