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
Chosŏn'gŭl	만경대
Hancha	萬景臺
Revised Romanization	Mangyeongdae
McCune–Reischauer	Man'gyŏngdae
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Mangyongdae (Korean: 만경대) is a neighborhood in Mangyongdae-guyok, Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korean propaganda claims that 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)
Mural near Kim's birthplace (2012)
Kim Il Sung's birthplace (2008)
The house complex (2018)
Interior of the house (2015)
Interior of the house (2015)
Interior of the kitchen (2015)
The mill house (2015)
A spinning device (2015)

References

^ ^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

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.

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