Kaesong

Kaesŏng (Gaeseong; Korean pronunciation: [kɛsɔŋ]) is a ceety in the province o Hwanghaebuk-do, soothren North Korea (DPRK), a umwhile Directly Governed Ceety, an the caipital o Korea durin the Koryo Dynasty. The ceety is near Kaesŏng Industrial Region an it contains the remains o the Manwoldae palace. It wis formally named Songdo while it wis the auncient caipital o Koryo. It prospered as a tred centre that produced Korean ginseng, which is famous internaitionally. It is nou the DPRK's licht industry centre. It haes a population o 308,440 as o 2008.^[1]

Kaesong 개성
Municipal Ceety wi special status
개성특급시
Korean transcription(s)
• Chosŏn'gŭl	개성특급시
• Hanja	開城特級市
• McCune-Reischauer	Kaesŏng-T'ŭkkŭpsi
• Revised Romanization	Gaeseong-Teukgeupsi
Kaesong ceety center.
Eik-name(s):  Songdo (송도/松都)  (Korean) " City of Pines "
Note: Cairt shaws boondaries o umwhile Kaesŏng Directly Govrened Ceety.
Kintra	North Korea
Region	Haesŏ
Settled	c. 700 AD
Admeenistrative diveesions	24 dong, 3 ri
Area
• Total	1309 km2 (505 sq mi)
Population  (2008)
• Total	308,440
• Dialect	Seoul

Sister Ceeties

• (Cusco) (1990)
• (Belém) (1994)
• (Tacna) (1996)
• (Kathmandu) (1992)
• (Mumbai) (1999)
• (Cartagena) (2002)