Seocho-gu
Seocho-gu | |
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| 서초구 · 瑞草區 | |
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 Location o Seocho-gu in Seoul | |
| Kintra | Sooth Korea |
| Region | Sudogwon |
| Special Ceety | Seoul |
| Admeenistrative dong | 18 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Chin Ik-chol (진익철) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 47.14 km2 (18.20 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 393,270 |
| • Density | 8,300/km2 (22,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Korea Staundart Time) |
| Website | Seocho-gu offeecial wabsite |
Seocho-gu is a gu o Seoul, Sooth Korea. It is a popular residential aurie for the mid- or upper-cless residents in Seoul. Seocho is generally referred tae as a pairt o Greater Gangnam Aurie, alang wi Gangnam-gu an Songpa-gu.
Seocho-gu is servit bi the Seoul Subway Line 2, Line 3, Line 7, Bundang Line, an Line 9. Sooth Korea's langest heich-gate, Gyeongbu Expressway, ends here.
Administration
[eedit | eedit soorce]In South Korea, thare are twa teeps or dong or neighborhoods, ane of which is cried Beopjeong-dong (법정동 法定洞) denotin "dong designatit bi law". The ither is cried Haengjeong-dong (행정동 行政洞) referring tae "dong assigned for administrative purpose". Beopjeong-dong haes a lang history, tradeetion or convention o each place, while as a population of residents in beopjeong-dong increases or decreases, the admeenistration in charge divides ane dong frae several haengjeong-dong or integrates several beopjeong-dong tae ane haengjeong-dong sic as the follaein, for example. Wonji-dong is a beopjeong-dong o Seocho-gu but is administered bi the Yangjae 2-dong office. Seocho 1-dong is ane o hangjeong-dongs o Seocho-dong.[3] The ablo are beopjeong-dong.
- Neeborheid
- Seocho-dong (서초동 瑞草洞)
- Jamwon-dong (잠원동 蠶院洞)
- Banpo-dong (반포동 盤浦洞)
- Bangbae-dong (방배동 方背洞)
- Yangjae-dong (양재동 良才洞)
- Umyeon-dong (우면동 牛眠洞)
- Wonji-dong (원지동 院趾洞)
- Naegok-dong (내곡동 內谷洞)
- Yeomgok-dong (염곡동 廉谷洞)
- Sinwon-dong (신원동 新院洞)
Characteristic
[eedit | eedit soorce]The aurie is hame tae the Supreme Court an the Supreme Prosecutors' Office. Seocho Samsung Town in Seocho-dong, near Gangnam Station, is the heidquairter o several corporations o the Samsung Group includin Samsung Electronics. An aw in DaeRyung Scecho Touer is the heidquairter o Sooth Korean skincare an cosmetics manufacturer Skin Food.[4]
It is the location o the infamous Sampoong Department Store collapse o 1995 an aw.
Seorae Village in Banpo-dong, is a sma French enclave, wi a lairge concentration o French residents an European-style restaurants, dessert cafes, as well as wineries an cafes staund alang its main street.[5]
Geografie
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Umyeonsan
- Guryongsan
- Cheonggyesan
- Yangjaecheon, a stream
Attractions
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Supreme Court o Sooth Korea
- National Librar o Korea
- Seoul Airt Centre
- The Naitional Center for Korean Tradeetional Performin Airts
- Yangjae Citizen Park
- Heonin Tomb
Transportation
[eedit | eedit soorce]Railroad
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Seoul Subway Line 2 Circle Line
- (Gangnam-gu) ← Banpo - Express Bus Terminal - Naebang → (Dongjak-gu)
- Seoul Metro Line 9 Corporation
- (Dongjak-gu) ← Gubanpo - Sinbanpo - Express Bus Terminal - Sapyeong → (Gangnam-gu)
Sister ceeties
[eedit | eedit soorce]Internaitional
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Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
Hongkou Destrict, Shanghai, Cheenae- Laoshan Destrict, Qingdao, Cheenae
Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey
Domestic
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See an aw
[eedit | eedit soorce]References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Korean Statistical Information Service (Korean) > Population and Household > Census Result (2010) > Population by Administrative district, Sex and Age / Alien by Administrative district and Sex Archived 2013-08-26 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved 2010-06-02.
- ↑ http://www.seocho.go.kr/english/profile/d_body.asp Archived 2007-09-28 at Archive.today
- ↑ "Haengjeong-dong (행정동 行政洞)" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Archived frae the original on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 16 Apryle 2008.
- ↑ "Skin Food<Headquarter Address". Skin Food official website. Archived frae the original on 25 September 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
- ↑ Cho Jae-eun; Junghee Lee; Chang Hae-won (27 Apryle 2011). "Amuse-bouches in Seoul's French Quarter". Joongang Daily. Retrieved 27 Januar 2013.
Freemit airtins
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Media relatit tae Seocho-gu, Seoul at Wikimedia Commons
- Seocho-gu wabsteid Archived 2012-12-05 at Archive.today
- Seocho-gu wabsteid (in Korean)
