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Pyŏngyang Metro

subway in North Korea
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Summary

Pyŏngyang Metro is a rapid transit[1]. It draws 3,189 Wikipedia views per month (rapid transit category, ranking #41 of 236).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Pyongyang[3]
  • Country: North Korea[4]
  • Commons category: Pyongyang Metro[5]
  • Has part(s): Chollima Line[6], Hyoksin Line[7], Mangyongdae Line (Pyŏngyang Subway)[8]
  • Inception: September 9, 1973[9], 1973[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Pyongyang Metro[11]
  • Type of electrification: 750 V DC railway electrification[12]
  • Commons gallery: 평양 지하철도[13]
  • Track gauge: standard-gauge railway[14]
  • Daily patronage: 98,600[15]
  • Official name: 평양 지하철도[16]
  • Date of official opening: September 6, 1973[17]
  • McCune–Reischauer romanization: P'yŏngyang Chihach'ŏl[18]
  • Revised Romanization: Pyeongyang Jihacheol[19]
  • Length: 22.5 km[20]
  • Has list: Liste des stations du métro de Pyongyang[21]
  • Vehicle normally used: BVG Class D[22]
  • Patronage: 36,000,000[23]
  • State of use: in use[24]

Why It Matters

Pyŏngyang Metro has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Related Entities

North Korea Pyongyang

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Q114878764. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Metrobits. Retrieved . mic-ro.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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