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City profile · North Korea · Asia

P’yŏngsŏng

South Pyongan · North Korea
City population
100,000
#29
in North Korea
#7
in South Pyongan
#5,761
worldwide
PyongyangP’yŏngsŏng
39.246, 125.872 · 26 km from Pyongyang
City population
100,000
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in North Korea
#29
of 96 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#5,761
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of North Korea
0.4%
of the national population

About P’yŏngsŏng

P’yŏngsŏng is a city in South Pyongan, North Korea with a population of 100,000. It is the 29th largest of the 96 cities of 15,000 or more listed in North Korea, and the 5,761st largest worldwide. It lies 26 km from Pyongyang.

Position in North Korea
#29of 96
LargestSmallest
Position in South Pyongan
#7of 11
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
North Korea
Region
South Pyongan
Rank in region
#7of 11
Distance to capital
26 km
to Pyongyang
Elevation
53 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Pyongyang
Coordinates
39.246, 125.872
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

Nearby Cities

All 96 in North Korea

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

16KMSunan37K people21KMSunch’ŏn437K people23KMKangdong-ŭp29K people26KMPyongyang3.22M people30KMSŭngho 1-tong40K people

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