Mangyongdae

Mangyongdae
Mangyongdae
Neighborhood
	Mangyongdae
	Coordinates: 38°59′28″N 125°39′36″E / 38.9911°N 125.6600°E
Country	North Korea
City	Pyongyang
District	Mangyongdae-guyok
Korean name
Chos?n'g?l	萬景臺
Hancha	萬景臺
Revised Romanization	Mangyeongdae
McCune?Reischauer	Man'gy?ngdae

Mangyongdae ( Korean : 萬景臺 ) is a neighborhood in Mangyongdae-guyok , Pyongyang , North Korea . North Korean propaganda claims Mangyongdae is the birthplace of North Korean leader Kim Il Sung , although in his memoirs he wrote that he had been born in the nearby neighborhood of Chilgol . Mangyongdae is where his father Kim Hyong-jik was from, and where Kim Il Sung spent his childhood. ^[1]

Mangyongdae has been designated as a historic site since 1947, and is listed as a Revolutionary Site . ^[2]^[3] Original structures at the site have been replaced with replicas. ^[1]

Mangyongdae has since been incorporated to the city of Pyongyang. ^[4] The Football at the Mangyongdae Prize Sports Games and Mangyongdae Prize International Marathon are both named after the area.

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Sign about Kim's birthplace with flowers in front of it (2012)
Kim Il Sung's birthplace (2008)
The house complex (2018)
Mural near Kim's birthplace (2012)

References [ edit ]

^ ^a ^b Hoare 2012 , p. 257.
^ Corfield 2014 , p. 120.
^ Willoughby, Robert (15 November 2007). The Bradt Travel Guide: North Korea (Second ed.). Chalfont: Bradt Travel Guides. p. 125. ISBN 978-1-84162-219-4 .
^ Martin, Bradley K. (2007). Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader: North Korea and the Kim Dynasty . New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-4299-0699-9 .

Works cited [ edit ]

Corfield, Justin (2014). "Mangyongdae District" . Historical Dictionary of Pyongyang . London: Anthem Press. pp. 120?123. ISBN 978-1-78308-341-1 .
Hoare, James (2012). "Mangyongdae" . Historical Dictionary of Democratic People's Republic of Korea . Lanham: Scarecrow Press. pp. 257?258. ISBN 978-0-8108-6151-0 .

v t e National symbols of North Korea
Constitutional	Flag Emblem Anthem Pyongyang (capital)
Other	Magnolia sieboldii (flower) Northern goshawk (bird) Pine (tree) Pungsan (dog) Kimchi (dish) Choson-ot (dress) Ssirum (sport) Juche Tower and Mangyongdae (monuments) Juche calendar Foundation Day Cho Ki-chon (poet) Chollima Korean language Munhwa? North Korean won (currency)

Mangyongdae

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