Pot'onggang-guyŏk ou Arrondissement de la Rivière Pot'ong (Hangeul: 보통강구역; Hanja: 普通江區域), est l'un des 19 arrondissements de l'agglomération de Pyongyang.
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Potonggang-guyok is one of the 18 districts, or guyok, and an artificial island of Pyongyang, North Korea. It is best known as the location of the Ryugyong Hotel. It takes its name from the Pothong River, which forms the district's boundary. Potonggang is bordered to the north by Hyongjesan-guyok, to the east by Sosong and Moranbong, to the south by Pyongchon and Chung, and to the west by Mangyongdae-guyok. The district was established by the Pyongyang City People's Committee in October 1960.
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Hwanggŭmbŏl Station is a station on Hyŏksin Line of the Pyongyang Metro.
The station is next to a park and short distance from Sinso Bridge crossing the Potong River.
The station is the terminus of trolleybuses line 8, from Hwanggŭmbŏl station to the Arch of Triumph.
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Pyongyang KWP Scientists Apartment is a high-rise residential skyscraper in Pyongyang, North Korea. Built in 1986, the tower stands at 150 meters tall by antenna spire and is divided into 42 floors. The tower resembles the 1970s and 1980s totalitarian architecture style very widespread and common in North Korea.
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Kŏn'guk Station is a station on Hyŏksin Line of the Pyongyang Metro.
The station is located across from Potonggang Station, a railway station and freight hub with a marshaling yard.
The station features mural The River Pothong of Paradise.
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The siege of Pyongyang was part of the Japanese invasions of Korea. Konishi Yukinaga, a Japanese daimyō, captured Pyongyang and garrisoned his force there in the winter of 1592.
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