Jeongja-dong () is a group of three administrative neighbourhoods of

Jangan-gu Jangan District (), established on July 1, 1988, is the northern district of the city of Suwon in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It is approximately 15 km. from central Seoul. Geography Jangan District lies in the north of Suwon. It is bord ...

Suwon Suwon (; ) is the largest city and capital of Gyeonggi Province, South Korea's most populous province. The city lies approximately south of the national capital, Seoul. With a population of 1.2 million, Suwon has more inhabitants than Ulsan, tho ...

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. Jeongja-dong (정자동/亭子洞) is also a '' legal status neighbourhood'', though the administrative neighbourhoods' boundaries are wider. The three administrative neighbourhoods comprising Jeongja-dong are Jeongja-1-dong, Jeongja-2-dong, and Jeongja-3-dong. Jeongja-3-dong incorporates part of the legal status neighbourhood ''Cheoncheon-dong''. Jeongja-dong is in central

, though it shares a short border with the city of

Uiwang Uiwang (; ) is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It is one of many satellite cities that ring Seoul, making up the Seoul Capital Area. Its largest immediate urban neighbor is Anyang. The low peaks of the Gwangju Mountains (including M ...

History

''Jeongja'' (정자/亭子) means ''pavilion'', and it is thought that the name comes from local pavilions such as Yeongyeongjeong (영영정/迎華亭) (also known as Gyogujeong ��구정/交龜亭. Jeongja-dong was originally in Ilyong-myeon, Gwangju-bu (광주부 일용면), and was incorporated into Suwon-bu (수원부) in 1789 as ''Jeongja-ri'' (亭子里) according to the Suwon Gazette (''Suwon-gun Eupji''), published in 1899. On April 1, 1914, when the colonial Japanese changed locales' names and administrative districts, so Jinmok-dong and Cheoncheon-dong were grouped and renamed ''Cheoncheon-ri'', and then fell under the jurisdiction of Ilhyeong-myeon. On October 1, 1936, Ilhyeong-myeon and Uiwang-myeon were merged into Ilwang-myeon, and Cheoncheon-ri became Jeongjeong-ri. On the fourth anniversary of liberation, August 15, 1949, when the Suwon-eup area was promoted to Suwon-bu (Suwon City), the area was reorganised as Jeongja-ri, Ilwang-myeon, Hwaseong-gun. On January 1, 1963, by Law No. 1175, the area was incorporated into Suwon City from Ilwang-myeon, Hwaseong-gun. It then fell under the jurisdiction of Pajeong-dong, along with Pajeong-ri, Imok-ri, and Yuljeon-ri. According to Suwon City Ordinance No. 1139, on October 1, 1983, Pajeong-dong was then separated into Pajeong-dong and Jeongja-dong. On January 1, 1990, according to Suwon City Ordinance No. 1607, Jeongja-dong was divided into Jeongja 1-dong and Jeongja 2-dong. On December 31, 1997, when apartments were built in the area, the population surged, and on February 10, 2003, Jeongja 3-dong separated from Jeongja 1-dong. In 1987, SKC opened a chemical factory in Jeongja-1-dong. This has contributed significantly to Suwon's tax revenue. The area is today, however, becoming more residential, and the factory is the cause of the greatest number of complaints from Suwon residents.

Geography

The Seohocheon stream flows SSE through Jeongja-dong. Its source is on the south west slopes below Gwanggyo Helipad on the nearby mountain

Gwanggyosan Gwanggyosan () is a 582 m tall mountain in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It lies on the border of Suwon and Yongin, though the wider range extends north and so also borders Uiwang, Gwacheon, Seoul, and Seongnam. The summit offers views across ...

, and this stream joins the Hwanggujicheon further south, by

Suwon Air Base Suwon Air Base is a Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) base near Suwon city. Units The base is home to the ROKAF's 10th Fighter Wing (제10전투비행단), comprising: *101st Fighter Squadron flying KF-5E/KF-5F/F-5F *153rd Fighter Squadron f ...

. The Seohocheon is joined in Jeongja-dong by the Jeongjacheon (also sometimes known as the Yeonghwacheon), which flows SSW from Ilwang Reservoir in Manseok Park.

Industry

Jeongja-dong contains an SKC chemical plant producing window film. The plant was reduced in size to create the 3,498-unit 117.7m-tall SK Sky View apartment complex, which opened in 2013.

Education

Jeongja-dong has nine elementary schools: Cheoncheon, Cheonil, Daepyeong, Dasol, Dongsin, Hyocheon, Jeongja, Myeongin, and Songnim. There are three middle schools: Cheoncheon, Daepyeong and Myeongin. Cheoncheon, Daepyeong, Gyeonggi Sports High School, Suseong, Jangan, and Yeongsaeng High Schools are also in Jeongja-dong, as is

Dongnam Health University Dongnam Health University (), previously Dongnam Health College, is a South Korean technical college specializing in the health sciences. Its campus is on the north bank of the Seohocheon in Suwon, Gyeonggi province. The current president is L ...

Housing

As is typical of urban South Korea, Suwon has many apartment complexes. The city has been affected greatly by real estate price fluctuations.

Facilities

Jeongja-dong has a major sports centre—''Life Sports''—with multiple swimming pools, a gym, and other leisure facilities, e.g., a sauna. There are also a trampoline centre (''Jumping Park'') and a roller skating centre (''Roller Park''), both for children. The 1250-seat performing arts centre ''Suwon SK Artrium'' opened in 2014 beside SK Sky View Apartments in northern Jeongja-1-dong. Starfield, a large entertainment, dining, and shopping mall, is under construction in southern Jeongja-2-dong, and is expected to open by early 2024. Other shopping facilities are centred around two main parts of Jeongja-3-dong: near the fire station, and by the railway between

Sungkyunkwan University Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU or ''Seongdae'', ) is a private research university with campuses in Seoul and Suwon, South Korea. The institution traces its origins to the historic Sungkyunkwan founded in 1398 in central Seoul.Hwaseo stations, where there is a branch of

Lotte Mart Lotte Mart is a South Korean hypermarket that sells a variety of groceries, clothing, toys, electronics, and other goods, with headquarters in South Korea. Lotte Mart is a division of the Lotte Co., Ltd. which sells food and shopping services ...

. Suwon Central Police Station, Suwon Fire Station, and the main Suwon Post Office are all in Jeongja-3-dong.

Transport

Rail

The Gyeongbu Railway Line passes briefly through Jeongja-dong between

Seoul Subway Line 1 Seoul Subway Line 1 (dubbed ''The Dark Blue Line'') of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway is a rapid transit and commuter rail line which links central Seoul, South Korea to Yeoncheon station, Yeoncheon in the northeast, Incheon in the southwest, an ...

, though there are no stations actually in Jeongja-dong. Since several Korean cities have a ''Jeongja-dong'', some confusion can arise, especially regarding transport. Travellers should thus be aware that

Jeongja station Jeongja Station (formerly Baekgung station) is a station on the Suin–Bundang Line and the Shinbundang Line, an express subway in South Korea. It was the southern terminus of the Shinbundang Line, between October 2011 and January 2016, when t ...

is in Jeongja-dong in the nearby city of

Seongnam Seongnam (; ) is the fourth largest city in South Korea's Gyeonggi Province after Suwon and the 10th largest city in the country. Its population is approximately one million. It consists of three administrative districts: Bundang District, J ...

, not in

Road

No major roads pass through the area, but National Route 1 lies just outside its boundaries, and the North Suwon Interchange on the

Yeongdong Expressway The Yeongdong Expressway () is an expressway in South Korea. Numbered 50, it connects the Seoul area with Gangwon Province. It is named from Yeongdong, an old name for Gangwon. The road has its western end in Namdong-gu of Incheon Metro ...

is nearby.

Religion

The

Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...

diocese In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, prov ...

of Suwon, incorporating much of southern

, was established on October 7, 1963. Its headquarters are in Jeongja-dong at 39 Imok-ro.

References

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