Hosu-dong () is '' dong'' (neighborhood) of

Danwon District Danwon District () is a district of Ansan, Gyeonggi Province Gyeonggi Province (, ) is the most populous province in South Korea. Seoul, the nation's largest city and capital, is in the heart of the area but has been separately administe ...

Ansan Ansan (, ) is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It lies southwest of Seoul and is part of the Seoul Metropolitan Area. It is connected to Seoul by rail via Seoul Subway Line 4. It is situated on the Yellow Sea coast and some islands lie ...

Gyeonggi Province Gyeonggi Province (, ) is the most populous 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 provincial-level ''special city'' since 1946. Incheon, ...

, South Korea. It is located in the center of the new city according to the second stage development plan of the new city in Ansan. It is a residential city where large-scale apartment and general housing are combined, and has various urban structures where education, culture, commerce, and business facilities are concentrated.

History

Gojan-dong, under the jurisdiction of Hosu-dong, was called Gojan-ri, Inhwa-myeon, Ansan-gun during the

Joseon Joseon ( ; ; also romanized as ''Chosun''), officially Great Joseon (), was a dynastic kingdom of Korea that existed for 505 years. It was founded by Taejo of Joseon in July 1392 and replaced by the Korean Empire in October 1897. The kingdom w ...

period, and was renamed Gojan-ri, Suam-myeon, Siheung-gun in 1914. There were Dori Island and Chilban as natural villages, and Dori Island is a village that looks like an island in the southwest of Gojan Station, and it is said to have been called Dori Island because it is wet when it is measured in Namyang area of Hwaseong-gun. Chilban was formed when refugees from Woongjin and Yeonbaek in Hwanghae-do were constructed on reclaimed land. Currently, many changes have been made through the creation of large-scale apartment complexes in accordance with the second stage development plan of Ansan New Town.

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Hosu-dong
Danwon District Neighborhoods of Ansan {{Gyeonggi-geo-stub