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Ryŏkp'o-guyŏk, or Ryŏkp'o District, is one of the 18 wards (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 populat ...
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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 Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu (Amnok) and T ...
. This is where part of the
Goguryeo tombs Goguryeo tombs, officially designated as the Complex of Koguryo Tombs, are tombs in North Korea. In July 2004, they became the first UNESCO World Heritage site in the country. The site consists of 30 individual tombs from the later Goguryeo kingd ...
of Pyongyang can be found.


Administrative divisions

Ryŏkp'o-guyŏk is divided into 7 ''tong'' (neighbourhoods) and 6 ''ri'' (villages): * Changjin 1-dong 장진 1동 (將進 1洞) * Changjin 2-dong 장진 2동 (將進 2洞) * Nŭnggŭm-dong 능금동 * Seumul-dong 세우물동 * Taehyŏn-dong 대현동 (大峴洞) * Ryŏkp'o-dong 력포동 (力浦洞) * Sosin-dong 소신동 (小新洞) * Ch'udang-ri 추당리 (楸唐里) * Ryongsal-li 룡산리 (龍山里) * Ryuhyŏl-li 류현리 (柳絃里) * Sosamjŏng-ri 소삼정리 (小三亭里) * Yang'ŭm-ri 양음리 (陽陰里)


References

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