Gireum-dong

Gireum-dong
Korean transcription(s)
•  Hangul	길음동
•  Hanja	吉 音 洞
•  Revised Romanization	Gireum-dong
•  McCune–Reischauer	Kirum-tong
Gireum 1-dong Community Service Center (Seongbuk-gu)
Country	South Korea
Area
• Total	1.32 km2 (0.51 sq mi)
Population  (2008) [1]
• Total	49,559
• Density	38,000/km2 (97,000/sq mi)

Gireum-dong is a dong , neighbourhood of Seongbuk-gu in Seoul, South Korea. ^{[1] [2]}

See also

• Gireum Station
• Administrative divisions of South Korea

Gireum is a rapidly developing area, one of the so-called "new towns" being developed by the Seoul City government in areas previously less crowded.

References

1. "길음동 (Gireum-dong 吉音洞)" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2008-04-26.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
2. "Introduction about -dong" (in Korean). Seongbuk-gu official site. Archived from the original on February 9, 2012. Retrieved 2008-04-26.

• "성북구 (Seongbuk-gu 城北區)" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2008-04-18.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
• "Chronicle of Beopjeong-dong and Haengjeong-dong" (in Korean). Guro-gu Official website.
• "Mapo Information". The chart of Beopjeong-dong assigned by Haengjeong-dong (행정동별 관할 법정동 일람표) (in Korean). Mapo-gu Official website. Archived from the original on 2007-11-05.

External links

• Seongbuk-gu Official site in English
• Map of Seongbuk-gu ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
• Pictures of Gireum Neighborhood
• (in Korean) Seongbuk-gu Official website
• (in Korean) Gireum-dong Resident office