Seongdong District () is one of the 25

districts A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions ...

which make up the city of

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, South Korea. It is situated on the north bank of the Han River. It is divided into 20 ''dong'' (neighbourhoods). The district is home to

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, one of the most prestigious universities in South Korea.

Administrative divisions

Seongdong District consists of 20 administrative dongs (haengjeong-dong, ) * Doseon-dong () ** Hongik-dong (): legal dong (beopjeong-dong, ) * Eungbong-dong () *

Haengdang-dong Haengdang-dong () is a ''Dong (administrative division), dong'' (neighborhood) of Seongdong District, Seoul, South Korea. See also *Administrative divisions of South Korea References * * * * External links * Map of Seongdong District Hae ...

() 1~2 * Geumho-dong () 1~4 *

Majang-dong Majang-dong () is a '' dong'' (neighbourhood) of Seongdong District, Seoul, South Korea. See also *Administrative divisions of South Korea South Korea is made up of 22 first-tier administrative divisions: 6 List of special cities of South ...

() *

Oksu-dong Oksu-dong () is a '' dong'' (neighbourhood) of Seongdong District, Seoul, South Korea. History During the Japanese occupation of Korea, Oksu-dong was a small hamlet known as Doomo-Village () belonging to Hanji () within Goyang County (고양군 ...

() 1~2 *

Sageun-dong Sageun-dong () is a '' dong'' (neighbourhood) of Seongdong District, Seoul, South Korea. See also *Administrative divisions of South Korea South Korea is made up of 22 first-tier administrative divisions: 6 List of special cities of Sout ...

() * Seongsu 1ga 1 dong () * Seongsu 1ga 2 dong () * Seongsu 2ga 1-dong () * Seongsu 2ga 3-dong () * Songjeong-dong () * Yongdap-dong () * Wangsimni-dong () 1~2 ** Sangwangsimni-dong (): legal dong (beopjeong-dong, ) ** Hawangsimni-dong (): legal dong (beopjeong-dong, )

Transportation

Railways

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;* Jungang Line ;;*( Dongdaemun-gu) ← Wangsimni ─ Eungbong ─ Oksu → ( Yongsan-gu) ;* Bundang Line ;;* Wangsimni ─ Seoul Forest → (

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) *

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;* Seoul Underground Line 2 ;;*(

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) ← Sangwangsimni ─ Wangsimni ─

─ Ttukseom ─ Seongsu → ( Gwangjin-gu) ;* Seoul Underground Branch for Sinseol-dong of Line 2 ;;* Seongsu ─ Yongdap ─ Sindap → ( Dongdaemun-gu) ;* Seoul Underground Line 3 ;;*(

) ← Geumho ─ Oksu → (

) * Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation ;* Seoul Underground Line 5 ;;*(

) ← Singeumho ─ Haengdang─ Wangsimni ─ Majang → ( Dongdaemun-gu)

History

When Seoul was expanding outward on its size, many parts of

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were merged to Seongdong District. However, due to its extraordinarily huge size, Seoul Metropolitan Government divided the district into 5 (

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Gangdong District Gangdong District () is one of the 25 List of districts of Seoul, districts that make up the city of Seoul. Gangdong, literally means "east of river". Jungbu (literally "central part") Express Motorway starts in and passes through Sangil-dong, w ...

Gwangjin District Gwangjin District () is one of the List of districts of Seoul, 25 districts of Seoul, Seoul, South Korea. It is located on the north bank of the Han River (Korea), Han River on the eastern end of City of Seoul, Seoul. The district was split from ...

, Seongdong District, and

Songpa District Songpa District () is one of the 25 districts of Seoul, South Korea. Previously known as Wiryeseong, the first capital of the ancient kingdom of Baekje, Songpa is located in the southeastern part of Seoul. With roughly 647,000 residents, Songpa ...

), and made Seongdong District cede some part of the district to

Jung District Jung District (), meaning "Central District", is the name of a ''gu'' (district) in several South Korean cities: *Jung District, Busan *Jung District, Daegu *Jung District, Daejeon *Jung District, Incheon *Jung District, Seoul *Jung District, Ulsan ...

Yeongdeungpo District Yeongdeungpo District () is one of the List of districts of Seoul, 25 districts of Seoul, South Korea. Although the origin of the name is uncertain, the first two syllables are thought to be from "''yeongdeung''" (靈登) or "divine ascent", a ...

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, Seongbuk District, and

Dongdaemun District Dongdaemun District () is one of the 25 List of districts of Seoul, districts of Seoul, South Korea. It has a population of 346,770 (2010) and has a geographic area of 14.22 Square kilometre, km2 (5.49 sq mi), and is divided into 14 ''Dong (admin ...

underwent similar changes.

Education

, a prestigious university in South Korea, is located in

and

Sister cities

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* Huairou District,

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, China *

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* Seocheon County,

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, United States

References

Notes

# This is why Gangdong District Office is located in a corner of Gangdong District. The building was previously used as Seongdong District Office.

External links

Official site

Official site
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