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Ryanggang Hotel

First class hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea

39°0′16″N 125°41′37″E / 39.00444°N 125.69361°E / 39.00444; 125.69361Opened1989Technical detailsFloor area33,000 square metresOther informationNumber of rooms330

The Ryanggang Hotel (량강호텔) was a first class^[1] hotel located in the Mangyongdae District of Pyongyang, North Korea.^[2]^[3] It has 330 rooms.^[4] The hotel was built in 1989 on a hill overlooking the Taedong and Pothong rivers, next to Seosan Football Stadium. The hotel covers an area of roughly 33,000 square metres and has two main buildings.^[5] There is a revolving restaurant on the top floor,^[6] and it has a library, billiard room,^[7] soft drink counter and shop.

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