Gangbuk District (Gangbuk-gu) is one of the 25 '' gu'' which make up the city of

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Dobong District Dobong District (도봉구, ''Dobong-gu'') is one of the 25 districts of Seoul, South Korea. Dobong has a population of 348,625 (2010) and has a geographic area of 20.8 km2 (8 sq mi), and is divided into four '' dong'') (neighborhoods). The dist ...

'' (도봉구) in 1995. The current mayor is Park Gyeom-su(박겸수).

Administrative divisions

Songjung-dong Songjung-dong is a '' dong'', neighbourhood of Gangbuk-gu in Seoul, South Korea. From June 30 of 2008, Former Mia-4 and 9 dongs are combined for this dong. See also *Administrative divisions of South Korea South Korea is made up of 17 first-t ...

(); Legal dong is Mia-dong *

Songcheon-dong Songcheon-dong is a '' dong'', neighbourhood of Gangbuk-gu in Seoul, South Korea. From June 30 of 2008, Former Mia-5 and 8 dongs are combined for this dong. See also *Administrative divisions of South Korea South Korea is made up of 17 first- ...

(); Legal dong is Mia-dong *

Samgaksan-dong Samgaksan-dong is a '' dong'', neighbourhood of Gangbuk-gu in Seoul, South Korea. From June 30 of 2008, Former Mia-6 and 7 dongs are combined for this dong. See also *Administrative divisions of South Korea South Korea is made up of 17 fir ...

(); Legal dong is Mia-dong *

Samyang-dong Samyang-dong is a '' dong'', neighbourhood of Gangbuk-gu in Seoul, South Korea. From June 30 of 2008, Former Mia-1 and 2 dongs are combined for this dong. See also *Administrative divisions of South Korea South Korea is made up of 17 first-ti ...

(); Legal dong is Mia-dong *

Mia-dong Mia-dong is a '' dong'', neighbourhood of Gangbuk-gu in Seoul, South Korea. From June 30 2008, nine administrative Mia-dongs were divided Mia-dong (Mia 3-dong), Samgaksan-dong (Mia 6 and 7-dong), Samyang-dong (Mia 1 and 2-dong), Songcheon-dong (M ...

(); Legal dong is Mia-dong *

Beon-dong Beon-dong is a '' dong'', neighbourhood of Gangbuk-gu in Seoul, South Korea. See also *Administrative divisions of South Korea South Korea is made up of 17 first-tier administrative divisions: 6 metropolitan cities (''gwangyeoksi'' ), 1 sp ...

(); Legal dong is Beon-dong * Suyu-dong (); Legal dong is Suyu-dong *

Insu-dong Insu-dong is a '' dong'', neighbourhood of Gangbuk-gu in Seoul, South Korea. From 30 June 2008, the former Suyu-5 and 6 ''dong'' were combined to form this ''dong''. See also *Administrative divisions of South Korea South Korea is made up of ...

(); Legal dong is Suyu-dong *

Ui-dong Ui-dong is a '' dong'', neighbourhood of Gangbuk-gu in Seoul, South Korea. From June 30 of 2008, Former Suyu-4 dong is changed to the administrative dong. Thus ''Ui-dong'' can be called either legal dong or administrative dong. See also *Admini ...

(); Legal dong is Ui-dong

Transportation

Railroad

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Dobong-gu Dobong District (도봉구, ''Dobong-gu'') is one of the 25 List of districts of Seoul, districts of Seoul, South Korea. Dobong has a population of 348,625 (2010) and has a geographic area of 20.8 Square kilometre, km2 (8 sq mi), and is divided i ...

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Seongbuk-gu Seongbuk District (Seongbuk-gu) is one of the 25 '' gu'' which make up the city of Seoul, South Korea. It is located in the mid-north part of the city. The current Mayor is Kim Young-bae (김영배), who has been mayor since July 1, 2010. Seongbuk ...

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Notable people

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