Geumcheon District

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Geumcheon
금천구
금천구 · 衿川區
Gasan digital complex station.jpg
Flag of Geumcheon, Seoul.svg
Seoul Geumcheon-gu.svg
Location of Geumcheon-gu in Seoul
Coordinates: 37°27′6.67″N126°54′7.33″E / 37.4518528°N 126.9020361°E / 37.4518528; 126.9020361
Country South Korea
Region Sudogwon
Special City Seoul
Administrative dong12
Government
  BodyGeumcheon-gu Council
  MayorYoo Seong-hoon (Democratic)
   MNA Choi Ki-sang (Democratic)
Area
  Total13.01 km2 (5.02 sq mi)
Population
 (2010 [1] )
  Total242,510
  Density19,000/km2 (48,000/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+9 (Korea Standard Time)
Postal code
08500 ~ 08699
Area code(s)+82-2-800~
Website Geumcheon-gu official website
Geumcheon District

Geumcheon District (Geumcheon-gu) is one of the 25 gu (districts) of Seoul, South Korea. It was created from southern parts of Guro-gu and tiny sections from Gwangmyeong in 1995. Its district office is located in front of Siheung Station, now Geumcheon-gu Office Station, in Siheung-dong.

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Geumcheon-gu is located in the southwest corner of the city, south of the Han River. It is bordered on the west by the Anyang River, and partially on the east by Gwanak Mountain, a dominating part of Seoul's southern skyline.

Many technology companies are housed in Geumcheon-gu and several large headquarters are located here, albeit the income level of Seoulites here is lower than average. The Gyeongbu railway from Seoul Station to Busan station passes through, as well as Seoul Subway Lines 1 and 7.

The mayor of this district has been Cha Sung-su (차성수) since July 2010.

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Administrative divisions

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Administrative divisions

Welfare

Dreaming tree (Geumcheon-gu 'ggumna')

Dreaming Tree (hereinafter referred to as ‘ggumna’) is a Hue cafe-a youth cultural space-operated by Geumcheon-gu Office.

Transportation

Railroad

(Guro-gu) ← Gasan Digital ComplexDoksanGeumcheon-gu Office (formerly Siheung Sta.) → (Anyang)
(Guro-gu) ← Gasan Digital Complex → (Gwangmyeong)

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References

  1. 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.
  2. "금천구 (Geumcheon-gu 衿川區)" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia . Retrieved 2008-04-17.[ permanent dead link ]

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