Seongdong District

Seongdong District (Seongdong-gu) is one of the 25 gu which make up the city of Seoul, South Korea. It is situated on the north bank of the Han River. It is divided into 20 dong (neighbourhoods).

Administrative divisions
Seongdong District consists of 20 administrative dongs (haengjeong-dong, 행정동)


 * Doseon-dong
 * Hongik-dong : legal dong (beopjeong-dong, 법정동)
 * Eungbong-dong
 * Haengdang-dong 1~2
 * Geumho-dong 1~4
 * Majang-dong
 * Oksu-dong 1~2
 * Sageun-dong
 * Seongsu 1ga 1 dong
 * Seongsu 1ga 2 dong
 * Seongsu 2ga 1-dong
 * Seongsu 2ga 3-dong
 * Songjeong-dong
 * Yongdap-dong
 * Wangsimni-dong 1~2
 * Sangwangsimni-dong : legal dong (beopjeong-dong, 법정동)
 * Hawangsimni-dong : legal dong (beopjeong-dong, 법정동)

Railways

 * KORAIL
 * Jungang Line
 * (Dongdaemun-gu) ← Wangsimni ─ Eungbong ─ Oksu → (Yongsan-gu)
 * Bundang Line
 * Wangsimni ─ Seoul Forest → (Gangnam-gu)
 * Seoul Metro
 * Seoul Underground Line 2
 * (Jung-gu) ← Sangwangsimni ─ Wangsimni ─ Hanyang University ─ Ttukseom ─ Seongsu → (Gwangjin-gu)
 * Seoul Underground Branch for Sinseol-dong of Line 2
 * Seongsu ─ Yongdap ─ Sindap → (Dongdaemun-gu)
 * Seoul Underground Line 3
 * (Jung-gu) ← Geumho ─ Oksu → (Gangnam-gu)
 * Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation
 * Seoul Underground Line 5
 * (Jung-gu) ← Singeumho ─ Haengdang─ Wangsimni ─ Majang → (Dongdaemun-gu)

History
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. Yeongdeungpo District, Seodaemun District, Seongbuk District, and Dongdaemun District underwent similar changes.

Education


Hanyang University, a prestigious university in South Korea, is located in Haengdang-dong and Sageun-dong.

Sister cities

 * Hampyeong County, South Jeolla
 * Huairou District, Beijing, China
 * Jincheon County, North Chungcheong
 * Seocheon County, South Chungcheong
 * 🇺🇸 Cobb County, Georgia, United States