Pyongchon-guyok

This article is about the district. For the new town of South Korea, see Pyeongchon.

P'yŏngch'ŏn-guyŏk
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	평천구역
• Hanja	平川區域
• Revised Romanization	Pyeongcheon-guyeok
• McCune–Reischauer	P'yŏngch'ŏn-guyŏk
Pyongyang Station Pyongyang Station
Country	North Korea
Administrative divisions	11 administrative dong

P'yŏngch'ŏn-guyŏk (Pyongchon District) is one of the 19 guyŏk (political districts or wards) of Pyongyang, North Korea. It is bordered by the Taedong River in the South and the Potong River in the north and west, and to the east by Chung-guyok, from which it is separated by the railway. It was established as a guyŏk in October 1960 by the Pyongyang City People's Committee through a mandate of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. It is probably best known as the location of the P'yongchon Thermal Power Station, which is the electricity source for Pyongyang's central neighborhoods. It is also the location of the Mansudae Art Studio and School, the Pyongyang Jang Chol Gu University of Commerce, the Pyongyang University of the Printing Industrial Arts and the Korea Okryu Combination Corporation. For international visitors, it is the location of the Pothong Hotel and the Ansan Chodasso Guest House.

Administrative divisions

Pyongchon-guyok is divided into eleven administrative districts known as dong. The largest neighborhoods (Ansan, Puksong, Haeun, Ryukkyo, Pyongchon, and Saemaul) are further divided into two parts for administrative purposes.

	Chosŏn'gŭl	Hancha
Ansan-dong	안산동	鞍山洞
Chŏngpy'ŏng-dong	정평동	井平洞
Haeun-dong	해운동	海運洞
Kansŏng-dong	간성동	干城洞
Pongji-dong	봉지동	鳳池洞
Ponghak-dong	봉학동	鳳鶴洞
Pongnam-dong	봉남동	鳳南洞
Puksŏng-dong	북성동	北城洞
P'yŏngch'ŏn-dong	평천동	平川洞
Ryukkyo-dong	륙교동	陸橋洞
Saemaul-dong	새마을동	새마을洞

2014 deadly building collapse

A 23-story apartment building collapsed in Pyongchon district around May 18, 2014, potentially killing hundreds of people. The cause of the collapse has been officially declared by North’s official Korean Central News Agency as “irresponsible supervision and control”.