Wongok-dong () is

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 ...

Danwon-gu 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 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 is officially divided into Wongok-1-dong, Wongok-2-dong and Wongok-bondong. The multi cultural special zone (town) is located in wongok-dong. In multi culture town 70% of the people are foreign and 30% of the people are Korean. Wongok-dong has the widest forest area of 34km. The farmland is 18.8km, which is small compared to the total area. Wongok Station was located in Wongok-dong as a stopover for

Suin Line The Suin Line (Suwon-Incheon; ) was a metro line of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway serving the Seoul Capital Area. The original route, abandoned in 1995, was one of the few narrow-gauge railways in South Korea. Opened by the privately owned Cho ...

. The Suin Line was a narrow-gauge railway that operated Suwon Station in Paldal-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, and Incheon Port in Jung-gu, Incheon-si in 1937. Then, in November 1973, Incheon Port (South Incheon) Station and Yonghyeon Station were closed, and Songdo, Incheon, became the final stations. Freight transportation was suspended from 1977, and the number of operations decreased to three times a day from 1983, but the Suin Line service was suspended as of January 1, 1996. At that time, Wongok Station and Gojan Station in Ansan, where Suin Line passes, had more passenger traffic than cargo traffic. This is because all stations and surrounding areas on the Suin Line were the only means of transportation to travel between

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 ...

and

Incheon Incheon is a city located in northwestern South Korea, bordering Seoul and Gyeonggi Province to the east. Inhabited since the Neolithic, Incheon was home to just 4,700 people when it became an international port in 1883. As of February 2020, ...

at the shortest distance, with cars and route buses insufficient. The current Ansan Station was created in 1988 when the Ansan Line, a metropolitan subway line, was opened. Wongok Station was installed between Ansan Station and Singil Oncheon Station, where trains going up and down were crossing, and after Ansan Station was built, it was closed and demolished. Meanwhile, small factories are located nearby at Wongok Station on the Suin Line, and there are two old trees at the entrance and a sign indicating that it was Wongok Station in the past. In addition to the subway with

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 ...

, Wongok-dong has various city and county roads in addition to Pyeongtaek Siheung Expressway (the 2nd West Coast Expressway), Seoul-Ansan Expressway, and National Road No. 42.

Education

Ansan Seo Elementary School a.k.a. Ansan West Elementary School ( 안산서초등학교) in Wongok-dong has a multicultural program with students from other countries, a rarity in South Korean education.

References

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Wongok-bondong

Wongok-1-dong

Wongok-2-dong
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wongok-Dong Danwon District Neighborhoods of Ansan