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List Of Neighborhoods In South Korea ...
A ''haengjeongdong'', ''haengchŏngtong'', ''haengchongtong'', or administrative neighborhood is an administrative unit in South Korea in cities. Township have smaller populations than towns and represent the rural areas of a county or city. List of administrative neighborhoods in South Korea Provincial level cities Gyeonggi Gangwon North Chungcheong South Chungcheong North Jeolla South Jeolla North Gyeongsang South Gyeongsang Jeju See also * Administrative divisions of South Korea References {{reflist Neighborhoods A neighbourhood (British English, Irish English, Australian English and Canadian English) or neighborhood (American English; see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town, suburb or rural ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 by the Yellow Sea, while its eastern border is defined by the Sea of Japan. South Korea claims to be the sole legitimate government of the entire peninsula and List of islands of South Korea, adjacent islands. It has a Demographics of South Korea, population of 51.75 million, of which roughly half live in the Seoul Capital Area, the List of metropolitan areas by population, fourth most populous metropolitan area in the world. Other major cities include Incheon, Busan, and Daegu. The Korean Peninsula was inhabited as early as the Lower Paleolithic period. Its Gojoseon, first kingdom was noted in Chinese records in the early 7th century BCE. Following the unification of the Three Kingdoms of Korea into Unified Silla, Silla and Balhae in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaepo-dong
Gaepo-dong is a ward of Gangnam-gu in Seoul, South Korea, south of Dogok-dong and Daechi-dong. Gaepodong is divided into three "dong": Gaepo 1, 2, and 4 dong. Gaepo 3-dong had been merged with Gaepo 2-dong in 2009. Education Schools located in Gaepo-dong * Daejin Elementary School * Gaeil Elementary School * Gaepo Elementary School * Gaewon Elementary School * Kuryong Elementary School * Seoul Poi Elementary School * Yangjon Elementary School * Gaepo Middle School * Gaewon Middle School * Kuryong Middle School * Gugak National High School * Gaepo High School * Kyunggi Girls' High School * Sudo Electric Technical High School * Korea International School The Japanese School of Seoul was previously in Gaepo-dong. Circa 2010 it moved to Digital Media City. Local Community * Gae-po Public Library Attraction *Yangjaecheon * Gaepodong Green Park Notable people from Gaepo-dong * Jeon So-yeon (Hangul: 전소연), South Korean singer-songwriter, rapper, dancer, record producer and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunchon-dong
Dunchon-dong is a '' dong'', neighbourhood of Gangdong-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 special city (''teukbyeolsi'' ), 1 special self-governing city (''teukbyeol-jachisi'' ), and 9 provinces ('' do'' ), including one ... References External linksGangdong-gu official website at the Gangdong-gu official website Gangdong-gu map [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gil-dong
Gil-dong is a '' dong'', neighbourhood of Gangdong District in Seoul, South Korea. Exit 1 leads to many different love motels, hoffs, and noraebangs. In this direction it is about 2 km to the Han River. Exit 2 and 3 lead to the post office and a large Korean market. Along the main road on this side of the street, there are retailers and many Korean restaurants. There are also many dentists and noraebangs. On the same street as the post office is a typical outdoor Korean market, made up of mostly fruit, vegetable, fish and Tteok sellers. It has become more gentrified lately and shops such as "The Face Shop" have moved in. This market runs the length of gil-dong on this back street. This area back from the main road is made up of many small one-way streets with many villas and traditional Korean houses lining them. Gil-dong has the feel of an older, poorer Korean neighbourhood. There are many families and people riding bikes and buying groceries. The area is starting t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seongnae-dong
Seongnae-dong is a '' dong'', neighbourhood of Gangdong-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 special city (''teukbyeolsi'' ), 1 special self-governing city (''teukbyeol-jachisi'' ), and 9 provinces ('' do'' ), including one ... References External linksGangdong-gu official website at the Gangdong-gu official website The Seongnae 1-dong Resident office [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheonho-dong
Cheonho-dong is a '' dong'', neighbourhood of Gangdong-gu in Seoul, South Korea. History Cheonho means "Thousand of Houses", because its geographical location was believed to be an ideal place to live based on the Feng shui theory. In addition, there is a historical site of Pungnaptoseong, which is a flat earthen wall built at the edge of the Han River in the Baekje Era. Cheonho-dong is the only place where a huge department store such as Hyundai Department Store is located in the area of Gangdong-gu. Cheonho station is a transfer point between Seoul Subway Line 5 and Line 8. Cheonho-dong is a 60-minute Limousine bus ride away from Incheon International Airport. Red-light district Although prostitution is illegal in Korea, there is a long-established red-light district in Cheonho, known as "Texas Village". Since the introduction of the law banning prostitution in 2004 the number of brothels has declined, however in late 2018 there were still dozens of brothels in the area. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amsa-dong
Amsa-dong is a '' dong'' (neighbourhood) of Gangdong-gu in Seoul, South Korea. The dong is well known for the Amsa-dong Prehistoric Settlement Site, in which Neolithic remains were excavated after a large amount of diagonal-line patterned earthenware was exposed by a flood in 1925. See also *Prehistory of Korea *Jeulmun Pottery Period *Dolmen *Administrative divisions of South Korea South Korea is made up of 17 first-tier administrative divisions: 6 metropolitan cities (''gwangyeoksi'' ), 1 special city (''teukbyeolsi'' ), 1 special self-governing city (''teukbyeol-jachisi'' ), and 9 provinces ('' do'' ), including one ... References External linksGangdong-gu mapat the Gangdong-gu official website The Amsa 1 & 4 dong Resident office Neighbourhoods of Gangdong District Archaeological sites in South Korea {{Seoul-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godeok-dong
Godeok-dong is a '' dong'', neighbourhood of Gangdong-gu in Seoul, South Korea. History Godeok means "high virtue" in Korean. During the Late 14th century, Yangjung Lee, a public officer of the Goryeo Dynasty, strongly rejected a conciliatory offer to turn into Joseon Dynasty, a new regime after the Goryeo Dynasty. Due to his high loyalty to his government, he was admired by the general public and they called his residential area "Godeok". http://dong.gangdong.go.kr:8081/pub/dong/3240043/01_dong/03/01_dong_03.jsp In 1995, Seoul Subway Line 5 was passed through this area stopping at Godeok Station Godeok Station is a subway station on Seoul Subway Line 5 in Gangdong-gu, Seoul. It links to Baejae High School, Myungil High School, Gwangmun High School, Hanyoung High School, and Hanyoung Foreign Language High School. It will be part of Seoul S ... and Myeongil Station. Area information The postal code of Godeok-dong is 134-080. 134 is for Gangdong-gu and 080 is for Godeok-d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myeongil-dong
Myeongil-dong is a '' dong'', neighbourhood of Gangdong-gu in Seoul, South Korea. History The name of Myeongil was named after 'Myeongil-won' during Goryeo Dynasty in the 10th century. Myeongil-won was an accommodation facilities and duty station of renting or transferring horses for the Public officials who go a business trip. In modern times, Myeongil-dong was actually a part of Myeongil-ri, Gucheon-myeon, Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do Province, and then be included into Seoul in 1963. Even nowadays, the street of Gucheonmyeon-gil still exists. From the late 1970s to mid-1980s, large scale of falm and orchard were renovated into huge apartments complex built by Korea National Housing Corporation (currently Korea Land & Housing Corporation), Samick, Woosung, Hanyang and Hyundai Engineering and Construction and developed as one of new town in Seoul, along with Mok-dong and Sanggye-dong in the 1990s. In 1995, Seoul Subway Line 5 was passed through this area stopping at Godeok Station, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sangil-dong
Sangil-dong is a '' dong'', neighbourhood of Gangdong-gu in Seoul, South Korea. History Sangil-dong literally means 'Upper Part' and located geographically higher than Hail-dong(Currently Gangil-dong) where the stream of Genae flows.http://dong.gangdong.go.kr:8081/pub/dong/3240040/01_dong/03/01_dong_03.jsp In 1963, Sangil-dong became a part of Seoul. Until the early 1980s, huge apartments complex named Godeok Jugong Apartments were built by Korea National Housing Corporation (currently Korea Land & Housing Corporation). Sangil-dong Station is the eastern terminus of Seoul Subway Line 5 and also location for Hanyoung Foreign Language High School. Nayeon from Twice was born in Sangil-dong. Area information The current postal code of Sangil-dong is 134-090. 134 is for Gangdong-gu and 090 is for Sangil-dong. Offices and Buildings Samsung Engineering has built new headquarters here. Construction began in September 2009. The complex is composed of three buildings and spans an ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gangdong District
Gangdong District (Gangdong-gu) is one of the 25 '' gu'' which make up the city of Seoul, South Korea. Gangdong is literally "east of the (Han) River". It is located on the east side of the city. Jungbu (literally "Central Part") Express Motorway starts in and passes through Sangil-dong, which is located in the east end of this district. In Amsa-dong, there is a Pre-historic heritage site which is about six thousand years old. At this site, there are many kinds of pottery and houses. The pottery which has been found was made of ceramic and is circular and shaped into a point similar to corn. Administrative divisions * Gangil-dong (강일동 江一洞) * Godeok-dong (고덕동 高德洞) * Gil-dong (길동 吉洞) * Dunchon-dong (둔촌동 遁村洞) * Myeongil-dong (명일동 明逸洞) * Sangil-dong (상일동 上一洞) * Seongnae-dong (성내동 城內洞) * Amsa-dong (암사동 岩寺洞) * Cheonho-dong (천호동 千戶洞) Education Gangdong District is home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gangil-dong
Gangil-dong is a '' dong'', neighbourhood of Gangdong-gu in Seoul, South Korea. Gangil-dong is located on the easternmost side of Seoul. Originally a small farming village where development was prohibited due to its location at Seoul's greenbelt, the city's new developments projects in the 21st century lead to a complete transformation of this neighbourhood. It is now home to the Gangil River Park multi-rise apartment complexes with a view into the Han River, the Gangil High-Tech Business Center, a brand new library and a new four-lane bridge connecting it to Sangil-dong. See also *Administrative divisions of South Korea South Korea is made up of 17 first-tier administrative divisions: 6 metropolitan cities (''gwangyeoksi'' ), 1 special city (''teukbyeolsi'' ), 1 special self-governing city (''teukbyeol-jachisi'' ), and 9 provinces ('' do'' ), including one ... References External linksGangdong-gu official website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
