Seongbuk District

Seongbuk District is one of the 25 districts of Seoul, South Korea. The district is located in the mid-north part of the city. The current Mayor is Kim Young-bae (김영배), who has been mayor since July 1, 2010. Seongbuk-gu was established under Presidential Decree No. 159 on August 13, 1949 (including some areas of Dongdaemun-gu and some areas of Sungin-myeon, Goyang-gun), and was promoted to a autonomous district by implementing a Gu-level local government on May 1, 1988.

Administrative divisions
Seongbuk District consists of 20 administrative dongs (haengjeong-dong, 행정동) and 39 legal dongs (beopjeong-dong, 법정동).


 * Anam-dong (안암동 安岩洞)
 * Bomun-dong (보문동 普門洞)
 * Donam-dong (돈암동 敦岩洞) 1~2
 * Dongseon-dong (동선동 東仙洞) 1~2
 * Dongsomun-dong (동소문동 東小門洞)
 * Gireum-dong (길음동 吉音洞) 1~3
 * Jangwi-dong (장위동 長位洞) 1~3
 * Jeongneung-dong (정릉동 貞陵洞) 1~4
 * Jongam-dong (종암동 鍾岩洞) 1~2
 * Samseon-dong (삼선동 三仙洞) 1~2
 * Sangwolgok-dong (상월곡동 上月谷洞)
 * Seokgwan-dong (석관동 石串洞) 1~2
 * Seongbuk-dong (성북동 城北洞) 1~2
 * Wolgok-dong (월곡동 月谷洞) 1~4동
 * Hawolgok-dong (하월곡동 下月谷洞), beopjeong-dong administered by the haengjeong-dong offices of Wolgok 1 ~2 dong

Attractions

 * Korea Furniture Museum

Railroad

 * Seoul Metro
 * Seoul Subway Line 4
 * (Gangbuk-gu) ← Gireum—Sungshin's Women's University—Hansung University → (Jongno-gu)
 * Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation
 * Seoul Subway Line 6
 * (Jongno-gu) ← Bomun—Anam—Korea University—Wolgok—Sangwolgok—Dolgoji → (Nowon-gu) Seongbuk-gu Office.JPG
 * Ui LRT

Sister cities

 * 🇨🇳 Shunyi, China

Notable people from Seongbuk District

 * Um Ki-joon (Hangul: 엄기준), South Korean actor
 * Bumkey (Real Name: Kwon Ki-bum, Hangul: 권기범), South Korean R&B singer-songwriter (born in Seongbuk District)
 * Wendy (Real Name: Shon Seung-wan or Son Seung-wan, Hangul: 손승완), singer, dancer, model, MC and K-pop idol, member of K-pop girlgroup Red Velvet (born in Seongbuk District)
 * Lee Jin-hyuk, singer, rapper and actor, member of Up10tion (born in Seongbuk District)
 * Yoon Suk-yeol, 13th President of South Korea (born in Seongbuk District)
 * Hwang Yun-seong, singer, dancer, idol and member of Drippin (born in Seongbuk District)
 * Sim Jae-Yun (known as Jake), singer, rapper, dancer, songwriter, a member of ENHYPEN (born in Seongbuk District)
 * Yeonjun (Real Name: Choi Yeon-jun, Hangul: 최연준),  rapper, singer-songwriter, dancer, Ambassador, MC and member of TXT (born in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, South Korea)