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The '''Sosan Hotel (서산호텔)''' is a [[hotel]] located in [[Pyongyang]], [[North Korea]].<ref name="Korea1998">{{cite book|author=European Union Chamber of Commerce in Korea|title=A Practical business guide on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gpTwAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=22 April 2013|year=1998|publisher=The Chamber|page=122}}</ref><ref>[http://www.korea-dpr.com/service_facilities.html Democratic People's Republic of Korea - Service facilities] ({{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403074407/http://korea-dpr.com/service_facilities.html |date=April 3, 2013 }})</ref> It has a height of about {{convert|338.28|ft}}, with 30 floors and 510 rooms.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/building/sosanhotel-pyongyang-northkorea|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629035712/http://www.emporis.com/building/sosanhotel-pyongyang-northkorea|url-status=usurped|archive-date=June 29, 2013|title=Sosan Hotel|publisher=Emporis|accessdate=22 April 2013}}</ref> It was built in 1989.<ref>http://www.skyscrapercentre.com/building/sosan-hotel/28404</ref> Located roughly {{convert|4|km}} from the railway station,<ref name="StoreyTaylor1995">{{cite book|last1=Storey|first1=Robert|last2=Taylor|first2=Chris|last3=Lindenmayer|first3=Clem|title=North-east Asia: a Lonely Planet shoestring guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tG2yAAAAIAAJ|accessdate=22 April 2013|year=1995|publisher=Lonely Planet Publications|isbn=978-0-86442-250-7|page=427}}</ref> it is run by the sports tourism company of North Korea.<ref name="Korea">{{cite book|title=Korea|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h9-DOFiUI5oC&pg=PA370|accessdate=22 April 2013|year=2010|publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=978-1-74220-356-0|page=370}}</ref> The hotel has a golf range.<ref name="Harrold2004">{{cite book|last=Harrold|first=Michael|title=Comrades and Strangers: Behind the Closed Doors of North Korea|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4TogufvlkCoC&pg=PA343|accessdate=22 April 2013|date=19 August 2004|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0-470-86984-0|page=343}}</ref>

The hotel was renovated in 2015 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the  Workers’ Party of Korea.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nknews.org/2015/10/pyongyang-introduces-new-luxury-facilites-kcna/|title=Pyongyang introduces new luxury facilities – KCNA|date=6 October 2015|work=[[NK News]] - North Korea News|accessdate=13 March 2016}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of hotels in North Korea]]
* [[List of tallest buildings in North Korea]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
*[https://www.skyscrapercentre.com/building/sosan-hotel/28404 Sosan Hotel] at [[Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat|CTBUH]]

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