Mangyongdae


Mangyongdae is a neighborhood in Mangyongdae-guyok, Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korean propaganda claims Mangyongdae as 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.
Mangyongdae has been designated as a historic site since 1947, and is listed as a Revolutionary Site.
Original structures at the site have been replaced with replicas.
Mangyongdae has since been incorporated to the city of Pyongyang. The Man'gyŏngdae Prize is named after the area.

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