Potonggang-guyok

Potonggang-guyok
Guyŏk of Pyongyang
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	보통강구역
• Hanja	普通江區域
• Revised Romanization	Botonggang-guyeok
• McCune–Reischauer	Pot'onggang-guyŏk
Location of Potonggang-guyok within Pyongyang
Country	North Korea
Direct-administered city	P'yŏngyang-Chikhalsi
Administrative divisions	15 administrative dong
Area
• Total	7.3 km2 (2.8 sq mi)
Population  (2008)[1]
• Total	105,180
• Density	14,000/km2 (37,000/sq mi)

Potonggang-guyok is one of the 18 districts, or guyok, of Pyongyang, North Korea. It is most famous as the location of the Ryugyong Hotel. It is named after the Pothong River (literally "the simple river"), which serves as the district's border on all sides. It is bordered to the north by Hyongjesan-guyok, to the east by Sosong and Moranbong-guyoks, to the south by Pyongchon and Chung-guyoks, and to the west by Mangyongdae-guyok. The district was established by the Pyongyang City People's Committee in October 1960.