Pyongyang

North Korea

Pyongyang is the capital and largest city of North Korea. According to the 2008 population census, it has a population of 3,255,288. Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River about 109 kilometers upstream from its mouth on the Yellow Sea. Pyongyang is a directly administered city with a status equal to that of the North Korean provinces.

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Country: North Korea
Population: 3,300,000
Latitude: 39.02° N
Longitude: 125.75° E

Which way is Pyongyang from…

From Paris, Pyongyang lies at 41° to the north-east, 8,772 km as the crow flies.

Paris	41° north-east	8,772 km
London	40° north-east	8,664 km
New York	345° north	10,925 km
Madrid	37° north-east	9,802 km
Rome	47° north-east	8,775 km
Montreal	345° north	10,421 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	47° north-east	9,879 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

Trust a flat map and, from New York, you would aim at Pyongyang due west, at 269°; the compass says 345°, north, because the shortest route crosses Canada, the Arctic Ocean and Siberia. From London, the same shift: 98°, east, on the map, against 40°, north-east, on the compass, over Siberia. Pyongyang, incidentally, lies on the latitude of Washington.