Chungjeongno-dong
Chungjeongno-dong | |
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| Korean transcription(s) | |
| • Hangul | 충정로동 |
| • Hanja | 忠正路洞 |
| • Revised Romanization | Chung jeongno dong |
| • McCune–Reischauer | Ch'ung chŏngno tong |
| Country | South Korea |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.51 km2 (0.20 sq mi) |
| Population (2001)[1] | |
| • Total | 8,729 |
| • Density | 17,000/km2 (44,000/sq mi) |
Chungjeongno-dong is a dong, neighbourhood of Seodaemun-gu in Seoul, South Korea.[1]
Chung Jeung No[]
Chung Jeung No is a Road that is located in Seoul, Seodaemun-gu chungjeungno 2 ga 8-2 through chungjeungno 3 ga 44
The Road is 40 meters wide and 0.9 km long. It is an 8 lined arterial highway, which connects gwanghwamun, sinchon, and mapo-gu.
Chungjeongno used to be called Jookchumjeong, named by Japanese during the Japanese colonial era but renamed to its current title in October 1 of 1984, by South Korean Government named after the joseon's loyalist Min Yonghwan's posthumous name
Chungjeongno used to be 1.5 km long, but it was shorten about 700 m in November 7 of 1984 to current length. noticeable passing cities are seodaemun-gu, chungjeongno-dong, Bugahyeon-dong, Migeun-dong, Migeun-dong, and mapo-gu ahyeon-dong
Subway[]
Chungjeongno-dong has two very convenient subway stations called Chungjeongno Station, which are Seoul Subway Line 2 and Seoul Subway Line 2. These two subway lines allow people to travel everywhere in city of Seoul within an hour.
Notable Places[]
- Mi-dong Elementary school - Mi-Dong is one of the earliest elementary school established in South Korea. The school was established in 1895, started as a primary school and changed its format to Elementary school and had its first graduation in 1906
- Korean Salvation Army Building - cost of construction was estimated to 50 Million. Many criticisms are being targeted to its organization and the fundings of the construction.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b "충정로동 (Chungjeongno-dong 忠正路洞)" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2008-05-10.[permanent dead link]
- "Population situation by Dong". Seodaemun-gu Official website. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
- "서대문구 (Seodaemun-gu 西大門區)" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2008-04-22.[permanent dead link]
- "Chronicle of legal dong and administrative dong" (in Korean). Guro-gu Official website.
- "Mapo Information". The chart of Legal dong assigned by administrative dong (행정동별 관할 법정동 일람표) (in Korean). Mapo-gu Official website. Archived from the original on 2007-11-05.
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