Juche Tower

Juche Tower
The Juche Tower at night
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39°01′03″N 125°45′49″E / 39.0176°N 125.7637°E / 39.0176; 125.7637
LocationPyongyang, North Korea
DesignerKim Jong Il
MaterialGranite and white stone
Height170 metres (560 ft)
Completion date1982 (1982)
Dedicated toJuche
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl
주체사상탑
Hancha
主體思想塔
Revised RomanizationJuche Sasangtap
McCune–ReischauerChuch'e Sasangt'ap

The Juche Tower (more formally, the Tower of the Juche Idea), completed in 1982, is a monument in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, and is named after the ideology of Juche introduced by the country's first leader, Kim Il Sung.