Pyongyang

"Pionyang o Pyongyang (chosn'gl: , hancha: , romanización revisada: Pyeongyang, McCune-Reischauer: P'yngyang)?pronunciado: [pj.ja] es la capital y ciudad más poblada de Corea del Norte, localizada en el suroeste del país, cerca del río Taedong. En el censo de 2008 la ciudad contaba con una población de 3 255 388 habitantes. La ciudad tiene la administración de gobierno directo (Chikhalsi), mismo nivel al de una provincia."

"Pyongyang (/pjjæ/; (Chosn'gl: ; hancha: ), Korean pronunciation: [pjja], literally: "Flat Land" or "Peaceful Land", approved: P'yngyang; several variants) is the capital and largest city of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (commonly known as North Korea). Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River about 110 kilometres (68 mi) upstream from its mouth on the West Korea Sea and, according to preliminary results from the 2008 population census, has a population of 3,255,388. The city was split from the South Pyongan province in 1946. It is administered as a directly governed city (chikhalsi, ) on the same level as provincial governments, as opposed to a special city (teukbyeolsi, ) as Seoul is in South Korea."