Oksu-dong

Oksu-dong
Hangul 옥수동
Hanja 玉水洞
Revised Romanization Oksu-dong
McCune–Reischauer Oksu-dong
Statistics
Area 1.95 km2 (0.8 sq mi)
Population (2001) 32,339 [1]
Population density 16,584.1/km2 (42,952.6/sq mi)

Oksu-dong is a dong, neighbourhood of Seongdong-gu in Seoul, South Korea. During Korea under Japanese rule's period it was just a little hamlet called Doomo-Village (두모리; 豆毛里) belonging to Hanji (한지면; 漢芝面) within Goyang County (고양군 高陽郡) and lying close near Han river. [1][2]

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References

  1. ^ a b "옥수동 (Oksu-dong 玉水洞)" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. http://www.encyber.com/search_w/ctdetail.php?masterno=732289&contentno=732289. Retrieved 2008-05-10. 
  2. ^ "Origin and timeline of Oksu-dong" (in Korean). Seongdong-gu official site. http://oksu1.sd.go.kr/f5/donginfo2.asp. Retrieved 2008-05-10. 

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