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Gwanak District
Gwanak District () is one of the 25 districts (''gu'') of Seoul, South Korea. It lies on the southern skirt of Seoul, bordering Anyang, Gyeonggi Province. The southern border of Gwanak District, bordering Anyang, consists of the craggy ridgeline of Gwanaksan (Mt. Gwanak), which dominates the local geography. Originally a part of Siheung, Gyeonggi Province, it was transferred to Seoul with the rapid expansion of the National Capital Area and its population growth in 1960s. Partitioned from Yeongdeungpo District and established as a district in 1973, it now neighbours the Seocho, Dongjak, Guro, and Geumcheon Districts, and exercises jurisdiction over 21 neighborhoods (''dong''), with a population of 500,000. Overview Gwanak District is densely populated with over 500,000 people. While it was once a rural area dominated by the presence of Gwanaksan (Mt. Gwanak), population booms in the late 1950s and early 1960s, accompanied by rapid industrialization of the capital are ...
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List Of Districts Of Seoul
The districts of Seoul are the twenty-five ''Administrative divisions of South Korea#Gu (District), gu'' (districts; ) comprising Seoul, South Korea. The ''gu'' vary greatly in area (from 10 to 47 km2) and population (from less than 140,000 to 630,000), fourteen of which are located north of the Han River (Korea), Han River, and eleven south. Songpa District is the most populated, while Seocho District has the largest area. Gu are similar to London's or New York City, New York's boroughs or Tokyo's Special Wards of Tokyo, 23 special wards. Each gu's government handles many of the functions that are handled by city governments in other jurisdictions. This city-like standing is underscored by the fact that each gu has its own legislative council, mayor and sister cities. Each ''gu'' is further divided into ''Dong (administrative division), dong'' or neighborhoods. Some ''gu'' have only a few ''dong'' while others (like Jongno District) have a very large number of distinct neighbo ...
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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 Korean shamanism, shamanic rite. The third syllable is "''po''", representing the bank of a river (浦), referring to the district's position on the Han River (Korea), Han River. The 2006 population was 408,819. There are 22 administrative Subdivisions of South Korea, ''dong'' and 34 legal ''dong''. Yeouido-dong is the largest in area and takes up about 34% of the land. The total area is (2004), making up 4% of Seoul's land. The annual budget is approximately 2 billion won. Yeongdeungpo District has been heavily developed as an office, commercial, and residential district. Yeouido Dong is home to DLI 63 Building, the highest office building in South Korea and currently the 3rd tallest building in the country. The Korea National Ass ...
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Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation
Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation (SMRT) was established in 1994 to operate the Seoul Subway lines 5, 6, 7, 8 in Seoul, South Korea. The corporation operated a total of 201 subway trains at 148 stations on lines 5-8. The operation intervals are from 2.5–6 minutes during rush hours and 5–10 minutes during non-rush hours. The combined daily ridership of subway lines 5-8 is 2,037,000. The company merged with Seoul Metro in 2017. Lines Seoul Subway Line 2: Kkachisan station Seoul Subway Line 3: Garak Market station Seoul Subway Line 5: Banghwa station - Sangil-dong station / Macheon Station (Except for Ogeum station controlled by Seoul Metro) Seoul Subway Line 6: Eungam station - Bonghwasan station (Except for Yeonsinnae station controlled by Seoul Metro Seoul Subway Line 7: Jangam station - Bupyeong-gu Office station Seoul Subway Line 8: Amsa station - Moran station Administration In January 2013, the Transit Corporation published free guide ...
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Seoul Metro
Seoul Transportation Corporation, branded as Seoul Metro (), is a municipal-owned corporation owned by Seoul Metropolitan Government, and one of the two major operators of Seoul Metropolitan Subway with Korail. History On May 31, 2017, Seoul Transportation Corporation was formed after a merger of Seoul Metro Corporation and Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation to more efficiently operate services on lines 1–9. Management・Performance In South Korea, seniors aged 65 and over can ride the subway for free. However, due to this country's system, Seoul Metro's deficit is getting worse. A declining birthrate and aging population are expected to further worsen public finances, and there is even talk of raising the age limit for free passes. Seoul Metro, the operator of the subway system in Seoul, suffered a net loss of around 1 trillion won annually since 2020, with an accumulated net loss of 14 trillion won. A similar problem is occurring at the Korea Railroa ...
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Seoul Metropolitan Subway
The Seoul Metropolitan Subway () is a urban rail transit, metropolitan railway system consisting of 23 rapid transit, Medium-capacity rail transport system, light metro, commuter rail and people mover lines located in northwest South Korea. The system serves most of the Seoul Metropolitan Area including the Incheon metropolis and satellite cities in Gyeonggi Province, Gyeonggi province. Some Regional rail, regional lines in the network stretch out beyond the Seoul Metropolitan Area to rural areas in northern Chungnam, Chungnam province and western Gangwon Province, South Korea, Gangwon Province, that lie over away from the capital. The network consists of multiple systems that form a larger, coherent system. These being the Seoul Metro proper, consisting of Seoul Metro lines 1 through 9 and certain light rail lines, that serves Seoul city proper and its surroundings; Korail regional rail lines, which serve the greater metropolitan region and beyond; Incheon Subway, Incheon Me ...
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Seoul Subway Line 4
Seoul Subway Line 4 of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway is a long line crossing from the southwest to the northeast across the Seoul Metropolitan Area. The central section in Seoul City is operated by Seoul Metro with some trains offering through service to Korail's Ansan and Gwacheon Lines. The southern terminus ( Oido) is in Jeongwang 4-dong, Siheung City, and the northern terminus ( Jinjeop) is in Jinjeop-eup, Namyangju-si, Gyeonggi-do Gyeonggi Province (, ) is the most populous administrative divisions of South Korea, province in South Korea. Seoul, the nation's largest city and capital, is in the heart of the area but has been separately administered as a list of provinc ...; the newly built northern section (officially called the Jinjeop Line) is correspondingly owned by a company owned by Namyangju-si, with operations contracted to Seoul Metro. In 2022, the Seoul Metro operated section (excluding the Jinjeop Line) had an annual ridership of 219,587,000 or about 6 ...
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Seoul Subway Line 2
Seoul Subway Line 2 (), also known as the Circle Line, is a orbital (metro), circular line of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway. The line running clockwise is called the "inner circle line" and the counter-clockwise line is called the "outer circle line". This is Seoul's most heavily used line, and consists of the main loop (), the Seongsu Branch () and the Sinjeong Branch () for a total line length of . The Line 2 loop is the third longest subway loop in the world after Moscow Metro Bolshaya Koltsevaya line and Beijing Subway Line 10, Beijing Subway, Line 10. In 2019, Line 2 had an annual ridership of 812 million passengers or 2.2 million passengers per day. Headways on the line vary from 2 minutes 18 seconds on peak periods and 5–6 minutes off-peak periods. The line connects the city centre to Gangnam (Seoul), Gangnam, Teheranno, Teheran Valley and the COEX/KWTC complex. History In 1972, then-Mayor of Seoul (1932–1996) changed the existing plans for the Seoul Subway to ...
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Nambu Beltway
Nambu Beltway () is a 6-10 lanes urban road located in Gyeonggi Province and Seoul, South Korea. With a total length of , this road starts from the Gimpo International Airport Entrance Intersection in Gangseo District, Seoul to Suseo Interchange in Gangnam District. Nambu Beltway is a part of Seoul City Route 92. Stopovers ; Seoul * Gangseo District - Yangcheon District - Guro District ; Gyeonggi Province * Gwangmyeong ; Seoul * Guro District - Geumcheon District - Gwanak District - Dongjak District - Seocho District - Gangnam District Gangnam District (; ) is one of the 25 districts of Seoul, South Korea. The term ''Gangnam'' translates to "South of the Han River". Gangnam District is the third largest district in Seoul, with an area of . As of the 2024 census, Gangna ... List of Facilities IS: Intersection, IC: Interchange References {{Public transport in the Seoul Metropolitan Area Roads in Gyeonggi Roads in Seoul ...
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Seoul National University Station
Seoul National University Station is a station on Seoul Subway Line 2, located in Bongcheon-dong, Gwanak-gu of southern Seoul. This station is also known as Gwanak-gu Office Station. There are eight exits, two at each corner of the crossroads – of Nambu Beltway (Nambusunhwan-ro) and Gwanak-ro – where the station lies beneath. Seoul National University Station has one curved island platform, which is wide in the middle and narrow at both ends. The platform screen doors were installed for both tracks by 2006. Escalators are available between the platform and the waiting/ticketing area. Despite being named the ''Seoul National University Station'', Seoul National University is actually approximately south of the station; it typically takes more than thirty minutes to reach the university on foot from the station. In ''The Amazing Race 4'', teams had to find this station (which was labeled only as Station 228) to obtain the next route marker. Station layout Vicinity *Ex ...
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Nokdu Street
Gwanak District () is one of the List of districts of Seoul, 25 districts (''gu'') of Seoul, South Korea. It lies on the southern skirt of Seoul, bordering Anyang, Gyeonggi, Anyang, Gyeonggi Province. The southern border of Gwanak District, bordering Anyang, consists of the craggy ridgeline of Gwanaksan (Mt. Gwanak), which dominates the local geography. Originally a part of Siheung, Gyeonggi Province, it was transferred to Seoul with the rapid expansion of the Seoul National Capital Area, National Capital Area and its population growth in 1960s. Partitioned from Yeongdeungpo District and established as a district in 1973, it now neighbours the Seocho District, Seocho, Dongjak District, Dongjak, Guro District, Seoul, Guro, and Geumcheon District, Geumcheon Districts, and exercises jurisdiction over 21 administrative divisions of South Korea, neighborhoods (''dong''), with a population of 500,000. Overview Gwanak District is densely populated with over 500,000 people. While it ...
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Administrative Divisions Of South Korea
South Korea is made up of 22 first-tier administrative divisions: 6 List of special cities of South Korea#Position in hierarchy and types, metropolitan cities (''gwangyeoksi'' ), 1 List of special cities of South Korea, special city (''teukbyeolsi'' ), 1 List of special cities of South Korea#Position in hierarchy and types, special self-governing city (''teukbyeol-jachisi'' ), and Provinces of South Korea, 14 provinces (''Do (province), do'' ), including three Provinces of South Korea#Types, special self-governing provinces (''teukbyeol jachido'' ) and Provinces of North Korea, five claimed by Committee for the Five Northern Korean Provinces, the ROK government. These are further subdivided into a variety of smaller entities, including List of cities in South Korea, cities (''si'' ), List of counties in South Korea, counties (''Gun (administrative division), gun'' ), List of districts in South Korea, districts (''Gu (administrative division), gu'' ), List of towns in South Korea, ...
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Geumcheon District
Geumcheon District () is one of the 25 ''gu'' (districts) of Seoul, South Korea. It was created from southern parts of Guro District and tiny sections from Gwangmyeong in 1995. Its district office is located in front of Siheung Station, now Geumcheon District Office Station, in Siheung-dong. Geumcheon District is located in the southwest corner of the city, south of the Han River. It is bordered on the west by the Anyang River, and partially on the east by Gwanak Mountain, a dominating part of Seoul's southern skyline. Many technology companies are housed in Geumcheon District and several large headquarters are located here, albeit the income level of Seoulites here is lower than average. The Gyeongbu railway from Seoul Station to Busan station passes through, as well as Seoul Subway Lines 1 and 7. The mayor of this district has been Cha Sung-su () since July 2010. Administrative divisions * Gasan-dong (가산동 加山洞) * Doksan-dong (독산동 禿山洞) * Siheun ...
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