Oksu-dong

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Oksu-dong
Korean transcription(s)
  Hangul 옥수동
  Hanja
  Revised Romanization Oksu-dong
  McCune–Reischauer Oksu-dong
Country South Korea
Area
  Total 1.95 km2 (0.75 sq mi)
Population (2001)[1]
  Total 32,339
  Density 17,000/km2 (43,000/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]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "옥수동 (Oksu-dong 玉水洞)" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2008-05-10. 
  2. "Origin and timeline of Oksu-dong" (in Korean). Seongdong-gu official site. Retrieved 2008-05-10. 

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