Sanbon-dong is a ''dong'', or neighborhood, in

Gunpo Gunpo (군포; ), formerly romanized as Kunp'o, is a small city in South Korea's Gyeonggi Province, located south of Seoul in the Seoul National Capital Area. It borders Anyang to the north, Uiwang to the east, and Ansan to the south and west, an ...

, a

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of Seoul in

Gyeonggi Gyeonggi-do (, ) is the most populous province in South Korea. Its name, ''Gyeonggi'', means "京 (the capital) and 畿 (the surrounding area)". Thus, ''Gyeonggi-do'' can be translated as "Seoul and the surrounding areas of Seoul". Seoul, the na ...

Province,

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

. Its total area is . Due to its population of more than 50,000, for administrative purposes the area is divided into two ''dong'', Sanbon 1-dong and Sanbon 2-dong. Its name can be translated as "the mountain's root," and refers to its position at the base of

Surisan Surisan (수리산) is a mountain that forms a boundary between the cities of Anyang and Gunpo in Gyeonggi-do province, Korea. Surisan is above sea level (a.s.l.). Another name for Surisan is GyeonBulSan. Several Korean Buddhist temples are lo ...

's eastern flank. On the other side of Surisan () lies Anyang City. The administrative entity of Sanbon was formed in 1914, as part of a general nationwide consolidation of local government under the Japanese occupation. At that time it was Sanbon-''ri'', a rural precinct of

Siheung Siheung ( ) is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. The city has a population of 511,807 people, where 508,646 are residents out of 218,846 households as of August 2021. Siheung acquired its current administrative structure on January 1, ...

County. When it became part of the new Gunpo City in 1989, its status was changed from ''ri'' to ''dong''. The name is believed to derive from ''Sanjeo'', "low on the mountain," which was first used to describe the region in 1789.

Seoul Subway Line 4 Seoul Metropolitan Subway Line 4 (dubbed ''The Blue Line'') of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway is a long line crossing from the southwest to the northeast across the Seoul National Capital Area. The central section in Seoul City is operated by ...

stops at Sanbon Station. Other landmarks include various

Joseon Dynasty Joseon (; ; Middle Korean: 됴ᇢ〯션〮 Dyǒw syéon or 됴ᇢ〯션〯 Dyǒw syěon), officially the Great Joseon (; ), was the last dynastic kingdom of Korea, lasting just over 500 years. It was founded by Yi Seong-gye in July 1392 and ...

relics: a large

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site, a shrine of the royal Jeonju Yi clan, and the tomb of 17th-century scholar Hoam

Yi Gi-jo Yi or YI may refer to: Philosophic Principle * Yì (义; 義, righteousness, justice) among the 三綱五常 Ethnic groups * Dongyi, the Eastern Yi, or Tung-yi (Chinese: , ''Yí''), ancient peoples who lived east of the Zhongguo in ancient Ch ...

. There is an active garbage incineration plant(군포환경관리소) in Sanbon-dong.

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Korean-language site of Sanbon 1-dong government
{{Neighborhoods of Gunpo Neighbourhoods in Gunpo

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