Ryanggang Hotel Explained
Ryanggang Hotel |
Building Type: | First class hotel |
Location: | Mangyongdae District |
Location City: | Pyongyang |
Location Country: | North Korea |
Coordinates: | 39.0044°N 125.6936°W |
Opened Date: | 1989 |
Destruction Date: | --> |
Floor Area: | 33,000 square metres |
Rooms: | 330 |
The Ryanggang Hotel (량강호텔) was a first class[1] hotel located in the Mangyongdae District of Pyongyang, North Korea.[2] [3] It has 330 rooms.[4] The hotel was built in 1989 on a hill overlooking the Taedong and Pothong rivers, next to Seosan Football Stadium. The hotel covers an area of roughly 33,000 square metres and has two main buildings.[5] There is a revolving restaurant on the top floor, and it has a library, billiard room,[6] soft drink counter and shop.
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Notes and References
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- http://www.korea-dpr.com/service_facilities.html Democratic People's Republic of Korea - Service facilities
- Book: Craigie, Stuart. The Chinese Shadow Game. 21 April 2013. 2009. Neil Stuart Craigie. 978-3-00-026668-3. 113.
- Book: Storey. Robert. Taylor. Chris. Lindenmayer. Clem. North-east Asia: a Lonely Planet shoestring guide. 21 April 2013. 1995. Lonely Planet Publications. 978-0-86442-250-7. 300.
- Web site: Hotel Ryanggang. Korean News. 2003. 21 April 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141012092139/http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2003/200312/news12/10.htm. 12 October 2014.
- Web site: Return to North Korea: first photos after the tourist ban. The Telegraph. 13 March 2016.