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Hotel Haegumgang

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The Hotel Haegumgang, originally the Four Seasons Barrier Reef Resort, was a floating hotel. It was originally designed to exploit the tourism potential of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, opening on 9 March 1988 and initially situated in the shallow John Brewer Reef, 70 kilometres northeast of Townsville.

Facts
Building Type
Hotel 1
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Kosong County, North Korea 2
Completed Year
1988 3
Classification
Standing Status
Demolished 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
Hotel 1
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Hotel, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

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1. Hotel Haegumgang - Wikipedia
  • standing status determination, wikipedia summary
    The hotel was demolished by the North Korean government on the orders of Kim Jong Un in March 2022.
  • Wikipedia infobox building_type field
    The Hotel Haegumgang (Korean: 호텔해금강), originally the Four Seasons Barrier Reef Resort, was a floating hotel. Originally designed to exploit the tourism potential of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, the Four Seasons Barrier Reef Resort opened on 9 March 1988 and was initially situated in the shallow John Brewer Reef, 70 kilometres (43 miles) northeast of Townsville. The floating hotel quickly p
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2. Hotel Haegumgang (Wikidata)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikidata date-of-opening/inception statement (1988)
    Wikidata item Q19458926, property P1619: 1988
  • Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Kosong County, North Korea
    Wikidata item Q19458926, property P131/P17 (location): Kosong County, North Korea
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3. Wikidata: Hotel Haegumgang
  • Wikidata Q19458926, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q19458926, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
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