Amsa-dong

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Amsa-dong
Korean transcription(s)
 •  Hangul 암사동
 •  Hanja 岩 寺 洞
 •  Revised Romanization Amsa-dong
 •  McCune–Reischauer Amsa-tong
Korea-Seoul-Amsadong-Neolithic.age-01.jpg
Amsa-dong Prehistoric Settlement Site
Country South Korea
Area
 • Total4.7 km2 (1.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2001) [1]
 • Total73,377
 • Density15,612/km2 (40,430/sq mi)

Amsa-dong is a dong (neighbourhood) of Gangdong-gu in Seoul, South Korea. [1] [2] The dong is well known for the Amsa-dong Prehistoric Settlement Site, in which Neolithic remains were excavated after a large amount of diagonal-line patterned earthenware was exposed by a flood in 1925. [3] [4]

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37°33′37.78″N127°7′48.77″E / 37.5604944°N 127.1302139°E / 37.5604944; 127.1302139

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References

  1. 1 2 "암사동 (Amsa-dong 岩寺洞)" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2008-04-18.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ "The origin of Amsa-dong" (in Korean). Gangdong-gu official site. Retrieved 2008-04-18.[ dead link ]
  3. ↑ "Amsa-dong Prehistoric Settlement Site". Korea Tourism Organization.
  4. ↑ "Historical Attraction". KTDC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-18.


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