Seonggeon-dong is an administrative ''
dong'' or a
neighbourhood
A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ...
in the
administrative subdivisions
Administrative divisions (also administrative units, administrative regions, subnational entities, or constituent states, as well as many similar generic terms) are geographical areas into which a particular independent sovereign state is divi ...
of the
Gyeongju City,
North Gyeongsang
North Gyeongsang Province (, ) is a province in eastern South Korea, and with an area of , it is the largest province in the Korean peninsula. The province was formed in 1896 from the northern half of the former Gyeongsang province, and remaine ...
province,
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...
. It consists of four ''legal dongs'' including Seonggeon-dong and
Seokjang-dong. It is bordered by
Dongcheon-dong on the east,
Geoncheon-eup on the west and
Jungbu-dong on the south and
Hyeongok-myeon on the north. Its 6.42 square kilometers are home to about 18,219 people.
The Gyeongju branch campus of
Dongguk University is situated in the district and it has an elementary school and a high school
[ ]
See also
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Subdivisions of Gyeongju
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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 (''teukbyeo ...
References
External links
The official site of the Seonggeon-dong office
Subdivisions of Gyeongju
Neighborhoods of South Korea
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