Yanggak
| Yanggak | ||
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| Waters | Taedong gang | |
| Geographical location | 38 ° 59 '37 " N , 125 ° 44' 50" E | |
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| surface | 1.2 km² | |
| Yanggak | |
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| Korean alphabet : | 양각 |
| Hanja : | 羊角 |
| Revised Romanization : | Yanggak |
| McCune-Reischauer : | Yanggak |
Yanggak is an island in Taedong-gang in North Korea . Like the island of Rungna further north , it belongs to the Chung-guyŏk district of the capital Pyongyang .
history
Pyongyang's first settlement area may have developed on the island. It extends over an area of 1.2 square kilometers and is connected to the mainland in the north of Taedong-gang and the S Stadtngyo-guyŏk district south of the river with the Yanggak Bridge .
Between 1910 and 1945, Korea and with it this island belonged to the Japanese Empire . Since Japanese was the national language at the time, the island name 羊角was read in Japanese Yōkaku . At that time the island was still undeveloped and was used almost exclusively for agriculture .
Buildings and facilities
The island is particularly characterized by three buildings. At the northeast end is the 48-story Yanggakdo International Hotel , which until 2011 had an adjacent golf course. It was opened in 1995 and is usually reserved for foreign visitors.
Adjacent to the site of the former golf course is the Pyongyang International Cinema Hall with 3,150 seats, where the opening and closing events of the Pyongyang Film Festival take place.
The Yanggakdo Stadium , built in 1989, is roughly in the middle of the island . The multi-purpose stadium has a capacity for 30,000 visitors and is mostly used for football matches.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Map from 1946
- ^ Arno Maierbrugger: North Korea Handbook. On the move in a mysterious land . 2nd, updated and expanded edition. Trescher, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-89794-114-4 , pp. 106 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ http://www.vnctravel.nl/korea/pyy-ss.htm#Yanggak_Island
