Yangcheon-gu
Yangcheon-gu | |
|---|---|
| 양천구 · 陽川區 | |
 Location o Yangcheon-gu in Seoul | |
| Kintra | Sooth Korea |
| Region | Sudogwon |
| Special Ceety | Seoul |
| Admeenistrative dong | 21 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 17.40 km2 (6.72 sq mi) |
| Population (2010[1]) | |
| • Total | 469,434 |
| • Density | 27,000/km2 (70,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Korea Staundart Time) |
| Website | Yangcheon-gu official website |
Yangcheon-gu is a gu, or destrict, o Seoul, Sooth Korea, locatit on the soothwast side o the Han River. At the centre o this destrict is the Mok-dong aurie, which is hame tae numerous shoppin ootlets, bars an restaurants, an ice rink, an muckle residential biggins inhabitit bi maistly middle an upper-class faimilies.
History
[eedit | eedit soorce]It wis kent as 'Jechapaui-hyun' durin the Goguryeo age, an haes gane throu several name-chynges syne.[2] It wis renamit 'Yangcheon' in 1310, durin the Goryeo dynasty. It wis separatit frae neebourin Gangseo-gu in 1988. 'Yangcheon Destrict' includes Mok-dong, Shinjeong-dong an Shinweol-dong. This aurie wis developit durin the 1980s, as a result o govrenment policy tae build a new residential aurie in Seoul; muckle apairtment complexes were built. Nou, Yangcheon-gu is hame tae maistly middle an upper-class faimilies an is considered ane o the better wairds in Seoul tae live. Yangcheon is located tae the east o Gimpo Airport an juist sooth o the river frae the popular Hongdae aurie o Seoul.
Sichts
[eedit | eedit soorce]Mok-dong Stadium at this destirct opened for the Olympic Gemmes in 1988. Amang aw stadiums, basebaa stadium wur uised tae hauld a lot o gemmes for juniors. Frae 2008, the stadium hae been uised for co-hostin; Amateur basebaa games an Profeesional gemmes for dounset o Heroes, a re-foondit team this year which haed been made o umwhile Hyundai Unicorns players.
In Mok-dong the Hyperion Touers, a group o three biggins completit in 2003, dominate the skyline. Tower A is 69 storeys an 256 metres (840 feet) heich, makkin it the seicont tawest biggin in Seoul an ane o the tawest purely residential biggins in the warld. At the bottom o these touers sits a muckle Hyundai depairtment store.
Admeenistrative diveesions
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Mok-dong (목동 木洞) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
- Sinjeong-dong (신정동 新亭洞) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
- Sinwol-dong (신월동 新月洞) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Sister Cities
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See an aw
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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.
- ↑ "양천구 (Yangcheon-gu 陽川區)" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Archived frae the original on 5 August 2009. Retrieved 18 Apryle 2008.
Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Offeecial steid[deid airtin]
- (in Korean) Yangcheon-gu map[deid airtin]
