Dongdaemun District

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Dongdaemun District
๋™๋Œ€๋ฌธ๊ตฌ
District
๋™๋Œ€๋ฌธ๊ตฌ ยท ๆฑๅคง้–€ๅ€
Streetview of Nangye-ro in Sinseol-dong
Location of Dongdaemun-gu in Seoul
Country South Korea
Region Sudogwon
Special City Seoul
Administrative dong 26
Government
 โ€ข Mayor Hong Sa-rip (ํ™์‚ฌ๋ฆฝ)
Area
 โ€ข Total 14.22 km2 (5.49 sq mi)
Population (2010[1])
 โ€ข Total 346,770
 โ€ข Density 24,000/km2 (63,000/sq mi)
Time zone Korea Standard Time (UTC+9)
Website Dongdaemun-gu official website

Dongdaemun District (Dongdaemun-gu) is one of the 25 gu (districts) of Seoul, South Korea. It is located to the north of the River Han. Its district office is in Yongdu-dong where is close to the underground station of branch of Line 2.

The mayor of this district is Sarip Hong (ํ™์‚ฌ๋ฆฝ) since July 2006.

History

Dongdaemun District was first created in 1943 when the "gu" system started and was larger in area than today. Seongbuk District separated from the district in 1949, and Changsin Dong and Sungin Dong were given to Jongno District in 1975. An additional 17 dong (neighborhoods) separated to become Jungnang District in 1988.[2]

Administrative divisions

Dongdaemun District currently comprises 22 dong from August 11, 2008.

Transportation

Underground

(Jongno-gu) โ† Sinseol-dong โ€” Jegi-dong โ€” Cheongnyangni โ€” Hoegi โ€” Hankuk University of Foreign Studies โ€” Sinimun โ†’ (Seongbuk-gu)
Sinseol-dong โ€” Yongdu โ†’ (Seongdong-gu)
(Seongdong-gu) โ† Dapsimni โ€” Janghanpyeong โ†’ (Gwangjin-gu)
(Seongdong-gu) โ† Cheongnyangni (aboveground) โ€” Hoegi โ†’ (Jungnang-gu)

There are more stations will add.

Geography

Dongdaemun District borders Seongbuk District to the north-west, Jungnang District to the east (with the Jungnangcheon stream forming the border), Gwangjin District to the south-east, Seongdong District to the south, meets Jung District at a point in the south-west and borders Jongno District to the west. The busiest neighbourhood of the district is the Cheongnyangni area - a large commercial zone formed around Cheongnyangni Station, one of the secondary CBDs of Seoul. Dongdaemun District is named after the east gate in Seoul's city walls, Dongdaemun, but Dongdaemun itself is actually located in Jongno District. This is due to an administrative border change.

Education

Universities

Research

Attractions

  • Gyeongdong Market
  • Dongseo Market
  • King Sejong Memorial
  • Seoul City Cultural Asset: Seonnongdan (์„ ๋†๋‹จ ๅ…ˆ่พฒๅฃ‡), King Sejong Sindobi (์„ธ์ข…๋Œ€์™•์‹ ๋„๋น„ ไธ–ๅฎ—ๅคง็Ž‹็ฅž้“็ข‘, monumental stone)
  • National Treasure: Supyo (์ˆ˜ํ‘œ ๆฐดๆจ™)
  • Historical Site: Yeonghuiwon (์˜ํœ˜์›ๆฐธๅพฝๅœ’)[2]

The grave sites of Kim Byeongro (๊น€๋ณ‘๋กœ ้‡‘็‚ณ้ญฏ), Han Yongwoon (ํ•œ์šฉ์šด ้Ÿ“้พ้›ฒ), Ahn Changho and Oh Sechang (์˜ค์„ธ์ฐฝ ๅณไธ–ๆ˜Œ) are also located in this district.[2]

Sister cities

References

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