Songpa-gu

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Songpa-gu
Olympic Park, Seoul in Songpa-gu
Korean name
Hangul 송파구 Hanja 松坡區 Revised Romanization Songpa-gu McCune-Reischauer Songp'a-gu
Statistics
Area 33.89 km² (13.09 sq mi) Population (2002) 649,888 Population density 19,176 /km² (49,670 /sq mi) Administrative divisions 28 administrative dong
Location map

Songpa-gu is a gu of Seoul, South Korea. It is located in the southeast of the city. Songpa-gu is home to the Lotte Hotel and Lotte World. The 1988 Summer Olympics took place in Songpa-gu. The Olympic Park and Olympic Sports Complex are still major attractions. Olympic related sculptures stretch between the two locations, intersected by the Lotte complex. A large farmer's market, called Garak Fish Market (가락시장), is located in Garak-dong, in the center of Songpa-gu.

The geography of Songpa-gu is relatively flat throughout and administrators have attempted to make it Seoul's most bicycle friendly district. Nearly all sidewalks have bicycle lanes accompanied with international bicycle symbols or notifications.

Contents 1 Administrative Divisions 2 Transportation 2.1 Railroad 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Administrative Divisions

Songpa-gu is broken into many dong. Jamsil-dong (잠실동) Jangji-dong (장지동) Samjeon-dong (삼전동) Seokchon-dong (석촌동) Garak-dong (가락동) Macheon-dong (마천동) Munjeong-dong (문정동) Geoyeo-dong (거여동) Ogeum-dong (오금동) Bangi-dong (방이동) Songpa-dong (송파동) Pungnap-dong 풍납동) Oryun-dong (오금동) Sincheon-dong (신천동)*

[edit] Transportation

[edit] Railroad

Operator	Line	Station
Korail	Bundang Line	(Gangnam-gu) ← Bokjeong → (Seongnam)
Seoul Metro	Seoul Subway Line 2	(Gwangjin-gu) ← Seongnae — Jamsil — Sincheon — Sports Complex → (Gangnam-gu)
	Seoul Subway Line 5	(Gangdong-gu) ← Olympic Park — Bangi — Ogeum — Gaerong — Geoyeo — Macheon
	Seoul Subway Line 8	(Gangdong-gu) ← Mongchontoseong — Jamsil — Seokchon — Songpa — Garak Market — Munjeong — Jangji — Bokjeong → (Seongnam)

[edit] See also

• Gangnam District
• List of Korea-related topics
• Geography of South Korea

[edit] External links

• http://www.songpa.seoul.kr/english/eng_main.htm

v • d • e Administrative Divisions (Dong) of Songpa-gu Neighborhoods Bangi-dong · Garak-dong · Geoyeo-dong · Jamsil-dong · Jangji-dong · Macheon-dong · Munjeong-dong · Ogeum-dong · Oryun-dong · Pungnap-dong · Samjeon-dong · Seokchon-dong · Sincheon-dong* · Songpa-dong See Also Administrative Divisions of South Korea · Gu of Seoul

v • d • e Administrative Divisions (Gu) of Seoul Cities Dobong-gu · Dongdaemun-gu · Dongjak-gu · Eunpyeong-gu · Gangbuk-gu · Gangdong-gu · Gangnam-gu · Gangseo-gu · Geumcheon-gu · Guro-gu · Gwanak-gu · Gwangjin-gu · Jongno-gu · Jung-gu · Jungnang-gu · Mapo-gu · Nowon-gu · Seocho-gu · Seodaemun-gu · Seongbuk-gu · Seongdong-gu · Songpa-gu · Yangcheon-gu · Yeongdeungpo-gu · Yongsan-gu See Also Administrative Divisions of South Korea