Taedonggang-guyok

Taedonggang-guyŏk 대동강구역
Guyŏk of Pyongyang
Korean transcription(s)
• Hanja	大同江區域
• McCune-Reischauer	Taedonggang-guyŏk
• Revised Romanization	Daedonggangguyeok
Location of Taedonggang-guyok within Pyongyang
Coordinates: 39°01′50″N 125°47′50″E
Country	North Korea
Direct-administered city	P'yŏngyang-Chikhalsi
Area
• Total	14.41 km2 (5.56 sq mi)
Population  (2008)
• Total	207,081
• Density	14,000/km2 (37,000/sq mi)

Taedonggang-guyok
Pyongyang University of Music and Dance in Taedonggang-guyŏk
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl	대동강구역
Hancha	大同江區域
Revised Romanization	Daedonggangguyeok
McCune–Reischauer	Taedonggang-guyŏk

Taedonggang-guyŏk (Korean: 대동강구역), or Taedong River District, is one of the 18 guyŏk, and one of the six that constitute East Pyongyang, North Korea. Taedonggang-guyŏk is on the eastern bank of the Taedong River, north of Tongdaewŏn-guyŏk and west of Sadong-guyŏk (Sadong District). It was established in January 1958.

Administrative divisions

Taedonggang-guyŏk is divided into 25 tong (neighbourhoods):

• Ch'ŏngryu 1-dong 청류 1동 (淸流 1洞)
• Ch'ŏngryu 2-dong 청류 2동 (淸流 2洞)
• Ch'ŏngryu 3-dong 청류 3동 (淸流 3洞)
• Munhŭng 1-dong 문흥 1동 (文興 1洞)
• Munhŭng 2-dong 문흥 2동 (文興 2洞)
• Munsu 1-dong 문수 1동 (紋繡 1洞)
• Munsu 2-dong 문수 2동 (紋繡 2洞)
• Munsu 3-dong 문수 3동 (紋繡 3洞)
• Puksu-dong 북수동 (北繡洞)
• Ongryu 1-dong 옥류 1동 (玉流 1洞)
• Ongryu 2-dong 옥류 2동 (玉流 2洞)
• Ongryu 3-dong 옥류 3동 (玉流 3洞)
• Rŭngra 1-dong 릉라 1동 (綾羅 1洞)
• Rŭngra 2-dong 릉라 2동 (綾羅 2洞)
• Sagok 1-dong 사곡 1동 (四谷 1洞)
• Sagok 2-dong 사곡 2동 (四谷 2洞)
• Soryong 1-dong 소룡 1동 (小龍 1洞)
• Soryong 2-dong 소룡 2동 (小龍 2洞)
• Taedonggang-dong 대동강동 (大洞江洞)
• Tongmun 1-dong 동문 1동 (東門 1洞)
• Tongmun 2-dong 동문 2동 (東門 2洞)
• T'apchŏ 1-dong 탑제 1동
• T'apchŏ 2-dong 탑제 2동
• T'apchŏ 3-dong 탑제 3동
• Ŭi'am-dong 의암동 (衣岩洞)

Landmarks

It is home to the Pyongyang University of Music and Dance.

It is connected to Chung-guyok by the Okryu Bridge, and to Rungra Island and Moranbong-guyok by the Rungra Bridge.