Duryu is a '' dong'' (neighborhood) in

Dalseo District Dalseo District () is a district in western Daegu, South Korea. It borders Dalseong County on the north, south, and west, and Seo District, Daegu, Seo-gu and Nam District, Daegu, Nam District on the east. It has a population of about 520,000, an ...

Daegu Daegu (; ), formerly spelled Taegu and officially Daegu Metropolitan City (), is a city in southeastern South Korea. It is the third-largest urban agglomeration in South Korea after Seoul and Busan; the fourth-largest List of provincial-level ci ...

, South Korea. It is the site of

Duryu Park Duryu Park () is a park located in Duryu-dong, Dalseo District, Daegu, South Korea. It was founded in 1965. The area of the park is 1,653,965 m2. It is equipped with many facilities such as multipurpose playgrounds, a swimming pool, tennis cou ...

and Woobang Tower Land, a popular Daegu

amusement park An amusement park is a park that features various attractions, such as rides and games, and events for entertainment purposes. A theme park is a type of amusement park that bases its structures and attractions around a central theme, often fea ...

. Although legally a single ''dong'', Duryu-dong is divided into three administrative ''dong'': ''Duryu-1 l'', ''-2 '', and ''-3 amdong''. Together, the three administrative ''dong'' cover 2.44 km². They were home to 34,280 people as of October 31, 2005. The region's name comes from Duryu-san, the hill on which Daegu Woobang Tower is situated. It is a

hanja Hanja (; ), alternatively spelled Hancha, are Chinese characters used to write the Korean language. After characters were introduced to Korea to write Literary Chinese, they were adapted to write Korean as early as the Gojoseon period. () ...

transcription of a dialect term meaning "round", referring to the hill's rounded shape.

Daegu Subway Line 2 Daegu Metro Line 2 is the second rapid transit line in the South Korean city of Daegu. It is operated by the Daegu Transit Corporation. The line first began running from Munyang to Sawol on 18 October 2005, a distance of . The line had been sc ...

passes through Duryu-dong, as does the Dalgubeol Expressway. A large number of clinics and hospitals are located in the area.

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Duryu-1-dong Office
in Korean
Duryu-2-dong Office
in Korean
Duryu-3-dong Office
in Korean {{coord missing, South Korea Dalseo District Neighborhoods of South Korea

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