"Central Luxury Mansion" Ryongsong Leadership Compound (Residence 55) (Pyongyang)
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This is one Kim Jong-il's main residential complexes, located in the Ryongsong District, Pyongyang. It was constructed in the early 1980's by a Korean People's Army construction brigade. The complex includes houses for General-Secretary Kim, his sister Kim Kyong-hui and her husband Jang Song-thaek, and some members of KJI's administrative and personal staff. The complex's grounds include two banquet/function buildings; a basketball court; swimming pools; sauna; horse stables, bridal paths and race track; a shooting range; and auto racing track. This complex also includes a station for KJI's personal train and it is connected to Pyongyang's city centre by a subway system.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryongsong_Residence
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 39°7'7"N 125°48'25"E
- East P'yŏngyang Leadership Residential Complex 8.8 km
- DPRK Leadership Residential Compound 10 km
- Samsok Residence 14 km
- Security Fence 20 km
- Security Fence 20 km
- Kangdong Residence 20 km
- Pyongsong Residence 25 km
- Anju Residence (KWP Leadership Retreat and Chalet) 60 km
- Hyangsan Residence (DPRK Leadership Residence) 105 km
- Sinuiju North Korean Leader's Residence 157 km
- Changjegung-dong 2.6 km
- Yonggung-dong No. 2 3.8 km
- Ryongsŏng District 4.2 km
- Academy of Defence Sciences 4.7 km
- Mt. Taesong 5 km
- Abductee's Mountain Residence Area 5.1 km
- Samsok-guyok 9 km
- Ŭnjŏng-guyŏk (Unjong District) 10 km
- Sunan-guyŏk (Sunan District) 13 km
- Phyongwon County 27 km
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