Umyeon-dong () is a ''
dong'' (neighbourhood) of
Seocho District
Seocho District () is one of the 25 districts which make up the city of Seoul, South Korea. Seocho is a part of the Gangnam region, along with the Gangnam district of Seoul. Seocho District ranks as one of the richest neighborhoods in South K ...
,
Seoul
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, South Korea is part of Gangnam District and a well-known, private neighborhood for the wealthy in southern Seoul. It is a legal dong () administered under its administrative dong (),
Yangjae 1-dong. The first syllable of the name is derived from Umyeonsan, or Mt. Umyeon due to the geographical feature of the area has the mountain.
Mount Umyeon-san
The mountain peak of Umyeon-San is located approximately south of
Seoul
Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities b ...
, and about northeast of
Gwanaksan
''Gwanaksan'' () is a mountain in southern Seoul, South Korea. Portions lie in the Gwanak District and Geumcheon District of Seoul; other portions lie in the neighboring cities of Anyang, Gyeonggi and Gwacheon.
The name ''gwanak'' means "ha ...
. Satelliteviews.net lists the peak elevation as "313", while
Google Earth
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shows the maximum elevation at , within a populated area.
Floods and landmines
During the
2011 Seoul floods, a landslide on an unstable slope of Mount Umyeon destroyed an apartment row, killing 17 people and may have buried about ten
landmine
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s dropped on the mountainsides during the
Korean War
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.
Attraction
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Chiwoo Craft Museum
See also
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Yangjaecheon
Yangjaecheon () is a stream that flows through the city of Seoul, South Korea. It runs through Gangnam District, Gangnam, which is part of the southern half of the city. Yangjaecheon is a Greenway (landscape), greenway stretching five and a half ...
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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
Seocho District official websiteSeocho District map
at the Seocho District official website
The Yangjae 1-dong Resident office
Neighborhoods of Seocho District
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