Local time
Sun, 11:00 AM GMT+9Asia/PyongyangCityCapital
Pyongyang
39.02° N, 125.75° E
- Population
- 3,300,000
- Natural Earth
- Population rank
- 1 of 21
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 21 cities of North Korea in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of North Korea, so this is not a national ranking.
- Time zone
- Asia/Pyongyang
Traveler brief
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Practical bearings for Pyongyang, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Pyongyang have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
The name Pyongyang translates as "flat land" in Korean.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person