Seogyo-dong | |
|---|---|
| Korean transcription(s) | |
| • Hangul | 서교동 |
| • Hanja | 西 橋 洞 |
| • Revised Romanization | Seogyo dong |
| • McCune–Reischauer | Sokyo dong |
| Country | South Korea |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.94 km2 (0.36 sq mi) |
| Population (2001) [1] | |
| • Total | 18,700 |
| • Density | 20,000/km2 (52,000/sq mi) |
Seogyo-dong is a dong , or neighbourhood, of the Mapo-gu district in Seoul, South Korea. [1] [2]
Seoul, officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. With surrounding Incheon metropolis and Gyeonggi province, Seoul forms the heart of the Seoul Capital Area.
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. The name Korea is derived from Goguryeo which was one of the great powers in East Asia during its time, ruling most of the Korean Peninsula, Manchuria, parts of the Russian Far East and Inner Mongolia under Gwanggaeto the Great. Its capital, Seoul, is a major global city and half of South Korea's 51 million people live in the Seoul Capital Area, the fourth largest metropolitan economy in the world.
