Ryongsŏng-guyŏk, or Ryongsŏng District (룡성구역) is one of the 18 guyŏk that constitute
Pyongyang
Pyongyang (, , ) is the capital and largest city of North Korea, where it is known as the "Capital of the Revolution". Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River about upstream from its mouth on the Yellow Sea. According to the 2008 populatio ...
,
North Korea
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...
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Ryongsong Residence
Ryongsong Residence ( ko, 룡성 관저), also called Residence No. 55 ()) and known by locals as Central Luxury Mansion () is a presidential palace in North Korea and the main residence of North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un and North Kor ...
, the main residence of
Kim Jong-un
Kim Jong-un (; , ; born 8 January 1982) is a North Korean politician who has been Supreme Leader of North Korea since 2011 and the leader of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) since 2012. He is a son of Kim Jong-il, who was North Korea's sec ...
is located in this district.
Administrative divisions
Ryongsŏng-guyŏk is divided into 15 ''tong'' (neighbourhoods):
* Chung'i-dong 중이동 (中二洞)
* Ch'ŏnggyŏ-dong 청계동 (淸溪洞)
* Hwasŏng-dong 화성동 (和盛洞)
* Masan-dong 마산동 (馬山洞)
* Myŏng'o-dong 명오동 (明梧洞)
* Ŏ'ŭn-dong 어은동 (御恩洞)
* Rimwŏn-dong 림원동 (林原洞)
* Ryongch'u 1-dong 룡추 1동 (龍秋 1洞)
* Ryongch'u 2-dong 룡추 2동 (龍秋 2洞)
* Ryonggung 1-dong 룡궁 1동 (龍宮 1洞)
* Ryonggung 2-dong 룡궁 2동 (龍宮 2洞)
* Ryongmun-dong 룡문동 (龍門洞)
* Ryongsŏng 1-dong 룡성 1동 (龍城 1洞)
* Ryongsŏng 2-dong 룡성 2동 (龍城 2洞)
* Taech'ŏn-dong 대천동 (大泉洞)
See also
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Residences of North Korean leaders
There are more than a dozen leader's residences in North Korea, according to Kim Jong-il’s former bodyguard Lee Young-kuk. Many of the residences were identified on satellite images in the North Korea Uncovered project. Ryongsong Residence is t ...
References
Districts of Pyongyang
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