Tongdaewŏn-guyŏk or Tongdaewon District is one of the 18 wards, and one of the six that constitute East

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 ...

. It sits on the eastern bank of the

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. It is north of Sŏn'gyo-guyŏk (Songyo District), south of Taedonggang-guyŏk (Taedonggang District) and west of Sadong-guyŏk (Sadong District) and Ryŏkp'o-guyŏk (Ryokpho District). It was established in October 1960.

Administrative divisions

Tongdaewŏn-guyŏk is divided into 18 ''tong'' (neighbourhoods): * Ryul-dong 률동(栗洞) * Taesin-dong 대신동(大新洞) * Munsin 1-dong 문신 1동 (文新 1洞) * Munsin 2-dong 문신 2동 (文新 2洞) * Tongdaewŏn 1-dong 동대원 1동 (東大院 1洞) * Tongdaewŏn 2-dong 동대원 2동 (東大院 2洞) * Sinhŭng 1-dong 신흥 1동 (新興 1洞) * Sinhŭng 2-dong 신흥 2동 (新興 2洞) * Sinhŭng 3-dong 신흥 3동 (新興 3洞) * Silli-dong 신리동 (新里洞) * Tongsin 1-dong 동신 1동 (東新 1洞) * Tongsin 2-dong 동신 2동 (東新 2洞) * Tongsin 3-dong 동신 3동 (東新 3洞) * Raengch'ŏn 1-dong 랭천 1동 (冷泉 1洞) * Raengch'ŏn 2-dong 랭천 2동 (冷泉 2洞) * Saesallim-dong 새살림동 * Samma 1-dong 삼마 1동 (三馬 1洞) * Samma 2-dong 삼마 2동 (三馬 2洞) Districts of Pyongyang {{NorthKorea-geo-stub