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Pyongyang 평양 | |
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Pyongyang Directly Govrened Ceety | |
transcription(s) | |
• Chosŏn'gŭl | 평양직할시 |
• Hancha | 平壤直轄市 |
• McCune-Reischauer | P'yŏngyang Chikhalsi |
• Revised Romanization | Pyeongyang 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 | |
Eik-name(s): | |
![]() Cairt o North Korea wi Pyongyang heichlichtit | |
Coordinates: 39°1′10″N 125°44′17″E / 39.01944°N 125.73806°ECoordinates: 39°1′10″N 125°44′17″E / 39.01944°N 125.73806°E | |
Kintra | North Korea |
Region | P'yŏngan |
Foondit | 1122 BC |
Destricts | |
Govrenment | |
• Chairman o Pyongyang Municipal Fowk's Committee | Ryang Man Kil |
Area | |
• Total | 3194 km2 (1,233 sq mi) |
Elevation | 27 m (89 ft) |
Population (2008) | |
• Total | 2,581,076[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.
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".
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."