Sanggye-dong

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Sanggye-dong
Korean transcription(s)
 •  Hangul 상계동
 •  Hanja 上 溪 洞
 •  Revised Romanization Sanggye-dong
 •  McCune–Reischauer Sangkye-tong
Country South Korea
Area
 • Total15.68 km2 (6.05 sq mi)
Population
 (2001) [1]
 • Total261,479
 • Density17,000/km2 (43,000/sq mi)

Sanggye-dong is a dong (neighbourhood) of Nowon-gu in Seoul, South Korea. [1] [2] It was founded in the 1960s by squatters and by the 1980s there were approximately 1,000 squatter households and 600 tenants. [3] In 1985, it was declared a redevelopment zone. Most people left and some resisted before being evicted forcibly. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "상계동 (Sanggye-dong 上溪洞)" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
  2. ↑ "Origins: Dong Name Origins" (in Korean). Nowon-gu official site. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
  3. 1 2 Kim, Hyung-Hook (1998). "South Korea: Experiences of eviction in Seoul". In Azuela, Antonio; Ortiz, Enrique; Duhau, Emilio (eds.). Evictions and the right to housing: Experience from Canada, Chile, the Dominican Republic, South Africa, and South Korea. Ottawa, Ontario: International Development Research Centre. ISBN   0-88936-861-9.

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