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The districts of Seoul are the twenty-five gu (districts; Korean: 구; Hanja: 區) comprising Seoul, South Korea. The gu vary greatly in area (from 10 to 47 km 2) and population (from less than 140,000 to 630,000). Songpa District is the most populated, while Seocho District has the largest area.
Insadong street sign, 2014. Teheranno road post that says "Tehran Road" both in Korean hangul (테헤란로) and Persian (خیابان تهران), 2007. Neighborhoods of Seoul are not governmental administrative divisions, but rather more informal area designations, often surrounding a particular landmark, such as a road, a university, or a gate of the old city. Names are listed in Hangul and ...
This category will contain the 25 gu (districts) which make up the city of Seoul, South Korea. Subcategories This category has the following 30 subcategories, out of 30 total.
A dong (동; 洞) is the primary division of districts (gu), and of those cities (si) which are not divided into districts. The dong is the smallest level of urban government to have its own office and staff. In some cases, a single legal dong is divided into several administrative dong.
A gu (Korean: 구), or district, is an administrative unit in South Korea. There are two kinds of districts in South Korea . One is the autonomous district ( 자치구 ; jachigu ) of special and metropolitan cities, which is a municipal entity similar to a city with its own mayor along with its own legislative council.
When Seoul was expanding outward on its size, many parts of Gyeonggi Province were merged to Seongdong District. However, due to its extraordinarily huge size, Seoul Metropolitan Government divided the district into 5 (Gangnam District, Gangdong District, Gwangjin District, Seongdong District, and Songpa District), and made Seongdong District cede some part of the district to Jung District.
Seodaemun is located in northwestern Seoul, bordering the city districts of Eunpyeong to the northwest, Mapo to the southwest, Jung to the southeast, and Jongno to the east. Seodaemun is part of the Seongjeosimni (Outer old Seoul) area and is named after Donuimun , one of the Eight Gates of Seoul which was formerly located within the district.
Geography of Seoul by district (25 C) D. Districts of Seoul (30 C, 26 P) Downtown Seoul (4 C, 66 P) E. Environment of Seoul (1 C) L. Landforms of Seoul (3 C) P. Parks ...