Pothong River
| Pothong River | |
| File:Pothong River.jpg | |
| Korean name | |
|---|---|
| Hangul | 보통강 |
| Hanja | 普通江 |
| RR | Botonggang |
| MR | Pot'onggang |
The Pothong River (Pot'ong River, Potonggang or Potong) is a river in North Korea. It flows through the capital Pyongyang and is a tributary of the Taedong River.[1]
There are several bridges across the river in Pyongyang, including one at its mouth called the "Pothong Bridge"; however, the largest is the one known as "Ansan Bridge", Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found., which supports the main east–west divided highway.[2][3]
Prior to 1946, the arable land west of Pyongyang alongside the river (the flood plain), down to where it entered the Taedong River was subject to annual flooding. This area was known as Tosongrang.[4] The farmers there annually rebuilt their homes after the floods subsided, so the construction was, perforce, of a temporary nature, huts and even pit-houses.[5] In 1946 the river was channelized through Tosongrang as the "Pothong River Improvement Project".[1][4] Tosongrang is now part of Pyongyang.
In 1971, in a park on Mount Bonghwa,[6] a hill on the left (east) bank of the river, the government erected a monument for the "Pothong River Improvement Project", Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found..[4][7] It commemorates Kim Il Sung's 1945 visit to Tosongrang and the 1946 channelization.
In 1976 the North Korean postal service (DPRK) issued a stamp commemorating Kim Il Sung's 1945 visit to Tosongrang.[8] In 1998, they issued a stamp souvenir sheet showing Kim Il Sung breaking ground for the construction of the channelization project.[9]
Notes and references
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- ^ The Ansan Bridge appears on a 1990 stamp, Scott #2891, label in that catalogue as "Pothong Bridge" - Scott (2008) "Korea, Democratic People’s Republic" Scott 2009 Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue Volume 4 (165th edition) Scott Publishing Co., Sidney, Ohio, page 303. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ See map at http://www.pyongyang-metro.com/pystrtmp.jpeg Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
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- ^ The park is sometimes known as "Potong River Pleasure Ground".
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- ^ Scott #1533 - Scott (2008), page 276.
- ^ Scott #3790 - Scott (2008), page 326.
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