Hannam-dong

Hannam-dong
Hangul 한남동
Hanja 漢南洞
Revised Romanization Hannam-dong
McCune–Reischauer Hannam-tong
Statistics
Area 2.98 km2 (1.2 sq mi)
Population (2001) 22,641 [1]
Population density 7,597.7/km2 (19,677.8/sq mi)

Hannam-dong is a dong, neighbourhood of Yongsan-gu in Seoul, South Korea.

Initially not belonging to Yongsan ward, it was just a little hamlet called Han-River-Village (한강리; 漢江里) belonging to Hanji (한지면; 漢芝面) within Goyang County (고양군 高陽郡) and lying close near Han river, during Korea under Japanese rule's period. [1][2]

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References

  1. ^ a b "한남동 (Hannam-dong 漢南洞)" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. http://www.encyber.com/search_w/ctdetail.php?masterno=732280&contentno=732280. Retrieved 2008-04-21. 
  2. ^ "The origin of dongs" (in Korean). Yongsan-gu official site. http://yongsan.go.kr/my_yongsan/condition/e_body.asp. Retrieved 2008-04-21. 
  3. ^ CNN Go Seoul's best museums 27 October 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-04

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