Sinjeong-dong () is a '' dong'' (neighbourhood) of

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, South Korea.

History

The region was part of Jechapaui-hyeon (제차파의현, 齊次巴衣縣, can be translated either as "Jechapaui-prefecture" or "Jechapaui county"), when it was ruled by

Goguryeo Goguryeo (37 BC – 668 AD) (; ; Old Korean: Guryeo) also later known as Goryeo (; ; Middle Korean: 고ᇢ롕〮, ''kwòwlyéy''), was a Korean kingdom which was located on the northern and central parts of the Korea, Korean Peninsula an ...

. The word jecha has the meaning of ancestral rites and the word paui has the meaning of "rock", and the region was also used by the Baekje kingdom as a place to perform rituals by the king when the kingdom of

Baekje Baekje or Paekche (; ) was a Korean kingdom located in southwestern Korea from 18 BCE to 660 CE. It was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, together with Goguryeo and Silla. While the three kingdoms were in separate existence, Baekje had the h ...

still had its capital in modern day Seoul. In 757, the region was part of the administrative division of Gongam-hyeon which later was administered under the administrative division of Yuljin-gun. The region was called yangcheonhyeon during the Goryeo period. Before the liberation of korea in 1945, during the japanese colonial period, there were five towns in the region, which were Sinteuri, Eunhaengjeong, Okumri, Tansan, and Chungcheonhchon. The town of chungcheongchon was formed because of a mass influx of people from the

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that was brought by the Japanese colonial administration to build a dike to prevent floods from the nearby

Anyangcheon Anyangcheon () is a river in Gyeonggi Province and Seoul, South Korea. Its source is on the slopes of Gwanggyosan in Uiwang and flows north, through the city of Gunpo, where a major cleanup operation saw several species of birds return to the are ...

river stream, and tansan was created as a result of land reclamation project conducted by the colonial authorities. The dong was named after two of the oldest towns in the region called "Sinteuri" and "Eunhaengjeong".

Government

The area is home to the main district office of Yangcheon District, known as the Yangcheon-gu Office, which gave its name to the eponymous station on

Seoul Subway Line 2 Seoul Subway Line 2 (), also known as the Circle Line, is a orbital (metro), circular line of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway. The line running clockwise is called the "inner circle line" and the counter-clockwise line is called the "outer circle ...

Transportation

Sinjeong-dong is served by two subway lines,

and

Seoul Subway Line 5 Seoul Subway Line 5 of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway, dubbed ''the purple line'', is a long line crossing from west to the east across the Seoul National Capital Area, South Korea. It is one of two subway lines in Seoul to cross ''under'' the Han ...

, with three stations located in the area: Yangcheon-gu Office station, Sinjeongnegeori station, and Sinjeong station.

References

{{coord missing, South Korea Neighborhoods of Yangcheon District

History

Government

Transportation

See also

References