Jamsil-dong

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Jamsil-dong
Jamsil Baseball Stadium.jpg
Jamsil Baseball Stadium located in Jamsil 1-dong
Korean name
Hangul 잠실동
Hanja 蠶室洞
Revised Romanization Jamsil-dong
McCune-Reischauer Chamsil-tong
Statistics
Area 5.77 km² (2.23 sq mi)
Population (2001) 103,514 [1]
Population density 17,940 /km² (46,500 /sq mi)

Jamsil-dong is a neighbourhood, dong of of Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea.[1]Its name is strongly related to silkworm breeding during the Joseon dynasty and Jamsil literally means a room or place for sericulture. The state encouraged to people to raise silkworms, so founded Dongjamsil (동잠실, literally east place for sericulture) in the east vicinity of Seoul.[2]

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  1. ^ a b 잠실동 (Jamsil-dong 蠶室洞) (Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  2. ^ The origin of the name and timetable of Jamsil-dong (동명 유래/연혁) (Korean). The resident center of Jamsil bon-dong. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.

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