Yeoksam-dong () is a ward of

Gangnam District Gangnam District (; ) is one of the 25 districts of Seoul, South Korea. The term ''Gangnam'' translates to "South of the Han River". Gangnam District is the third largest district in Seoul, with an area of . As of the 2024 census, Gangna ...

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 ...

, South Korea.

Teheran-ro Teheran-ro (; named for Tehran, Iran) is a street in the Gangnam district of Seoul, South Korea. It runs from Gangnam Station through Yeoksam-dong and into Samseong-dong. It is colloquially known as "Teheran Valley" (after Silicon Valley) d ...

runs through Yeoksam-dong and has some of the tallest buildings in Seoul, comprising a collection of corporate headquarters and high-rise office buildings.

History

The region was historically part of Gwacheon, but it later became part of Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province. The region originally was a hub in the horse road system that was created during the

Joseon dynasty Joseon ( ; ; also romanized as ''Chosun''), officially Great Joseon (), was a dynastic kingdom of Korea that existed for 505 years. It was founded by Taejo of Joseon in July 1392 and replaced by the Korean Empire in October 1897. The kingdom w ...

, and was home to three horse stations called yeoks. These were later merged as a single administrative division in 1914, and thus was called Yeoksamri. When it was initially incorporated into the Seoul metropolitan area in 1963, it was part of Seongdong district but it was later transferred to Gangnam district in 1975.

Economy

T'way Airlines T'way Air Co., Ltd. () — formerly Hansung Airlines — is a South Korean low-cost airline based in Seongsu-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul. It operates scheduled domestic, regional and long-haul flights from its two bases at Gimpo and Incheon. Hi ...

has its headquarters in Yeoksam-dong.

Pandora TV Pandora TV () was a South Korean video sharing website that hosted user-generated content. Founded in October 2004, Pandora TV is the first video sharing website in the world to attach advertisement to user-submitted video clips and to provide un ...

has its headquarters in the Seoul-Gangnam Building in Yeoksam-dong. AMI Korea, a subsidiary of

American Megatrends American Megatrends Inc., doing business as AMI, is an international hardware and software company, specializing in PC hardware and firmware. The company was founded in 1985 by Pat Sarma and Subramonian Shankar. It is headquartered in Building ...

, is headquartered on the third floor of 773-6 Yeoksam-dong.

Google Google LLC (, ) is an American multinational corporation and technology company focusing on online advertising, search engine technology, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, consumer electronics, and artificial ...

has an office in Yeoksam-dong.

Kukkiwon Kukkiwon (), also known as World Taekwondo Headquarters, and home of the World Taekwondo Academy, is where the official taekwondo governing organization was established by the South Korean government.Min, B.-H. (2005): (11 July 2005). Publishe ...

(the World

Taekwondo Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as ''tae'' ("strike with foot"), ''kwon'' ("strike with hand"), and ''do'' ("the art or way"). In ad ...

Headquarters) is based at 635 Yeoksam-dong.Life in Korea: Kukkiwon
Retrieved on 8 January 2010.GangNam-Gu Internet Broadcasting Station: Cultural facilities
Retrieved on 8 January 2010.Seoul Global Center: Kukkiwon
Retrieved on 8 January 2010. Hankook P&G, a subsidiary of

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, is headquartered on the 16th floor of the ING tower at 679-4 Yeoksam-dong.

C-JeS Entertainment C-JeS Studios (formerly known as C-JeS Entertainment) is a South Korean entertainment company established in 2009 that handles the management of various artists. History The agency was established to meet the management needs of Jaejoong, Junsu ...

is at 629-7 Yeoksam 1-dong.

Pledis Entertainment Pledis Entertainment () is a South Korean entertainment company founded by Han Sung-Soo in 2007. The label is home to Bumzu, Hwang Min-hyun, and groups Seventeen and TWS. Its name originates from the Pleiades, a star cluster in the constellat ...

is at 135-907 Yeoksam-dong. * Renaissance Seoul Hotel

Education

Schools located in Yeoksam-dong: * Seoul Yeoksam Elementary School * Seoul Doseong Elementary School * Yeoksam Middle School * Jinseon Girls' Middle School *

Jinseon Girls' High School Jinseon Girls' High School () is a private girls high school located in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea. In 2008, it was selected as an excellent environmental education school. In 2009, the school was operated as a regular essay base school by t ...

References

External links

Gangnam District map
Neighborhoods of Gangnam District {{Seoul-geo-stub

History

Economy

Education

See also

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