Nakrang Tombs
Nangnang or Naklang can have several meanings: * Lelang Commandery ** The ancient Korean peninsular polity ** The commandery of the Han empire of China * Nangnang-guyok, a district of Pyongyang, North Korea * Nangnang, Bhutan, a town in Bumthang, Bhutan * Na Klang (other) Na Klang may refer to: *Na Klang District in Nongbua Lamphu Province, Thailand *Na Klang, Nakhon Ratchasima, subdistrict of Sung Noen District, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand See also *Na Kang, subdistrict in Pak Khat District, Bueng Kan, Thaila ...

Lelang Commandery
The Lelang Commandery was a commandery of the Han dynasty established after it had conquered Wiman Joseon in 108 BC and lasted until Goguryeo conquered it in 313. The Lelang Commandery extended the rule of the Four Commanderies of Han as far south as the Han River in present-day South Korea. South Korean scholars have described its administrative areas as being limited to the Pyongan and Hwanghae regions, whose southern bounds lie roughly 75 miles north of the Han River. History Han dynasty In 108 BC, Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty conquered the area under King Ugeo, a grandson of King Wiman. The Emperor set up Lelang, Lintun, Xuantu and Zhenfan, known as the Four Commanderies of Han in the northern Korean peninsula and Liaodong peninsula. The ''Book of Han'' records Lelang belonged to Youzhou, located in northwestern Gojoseon consisted of 25 prefectures, 62,812 houses, and the population was 406,748. Its capital, then the prefecture of Joseon (朝鮮縣, 조선현), was ...
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Rangnang-guyok
Rangrang-guyŏk or Rangrang District is one of the 18 ''kuyŏk'' that constitute the city of Pyongyang, North Korea. It is located south of the Taedong River, and is bordered to the north by Songyo-guyok, to the east by the Ryokpo-guyok, and to the south by Chunghwa and Kangnam counties. History The Lelang Commandery was, according to the ''Book of Han'', composed of 27 districts and had a population of over 406,748 people. Located on the Taedong River at the approximate location of modern Pyongyang, archeological evidence suggests that the seat of the commandery had been moved to this district here after the destruction of Wanggeom-seong, the old Koguryo capital at Pyongyang and is claimed to have been original seat of the lelang commandery. During the Japanese colonial period, the area was part of Taedong County. As Pyongyang grew and annexed many former parts of Taedong County, the area was later split up Pyongyang's Dong-guyok, Kangnam-gun, and Chunghwa-gun. Rangrang-guyo ...
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Nangnang, Bhutan
Nangnang is a town in Bumthang in northern-central Bhutan Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountainous .... References External linksSatellite map at Maplandia.com Populated places in Bhutan {{Bhutan-geo-stub ...
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