Seongbuk-gu

Seongbuk District

Seongbuk District

Autonomous district in Seoul, South Korea

Seongbuk District (Korean: 성북구; Hanja: 城北區; RR: Seongbuk-gu) is one of the 25 districts of Seoul, South Korea. The district is located in the mid-north part of the city.[2] The current Mayor is Kim Young-bae (김영배), who has been mayor since July 1, 2010. Seongbuk-gu was established under Presidential Decree No. 159 on August 13, 1949 (including some areas of Dongdaemun-gu and some areas of Sungin-myeon, Goyang-gun), and was promoted to a autonomous district by implementing a Gu-level local government on May 1, 1988.

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Administrative divisions

Administrative divisions

Seongbuk District consists of 20 administrative dongs (haengjeong-dong, 행정동) and 39 legal dongs (beopjeong-dong, 법정동).

Attractions

Transportation

Railroad

(Gangbuk-gu) ← Gireum—Sungshin's Women's University—Hansung University → (Jongno-gu)
(Jongno-gu) ← Bomun—Anam—Korea University—Wolgok—Sangwolgok—Dolgoji → (Nowon-gu)
Seoul Seongbuk-gu Office

Sister cities

Notable people from Seongbuk District

  • Yeonjun (Real Name: Choi Yeon-jun,Hangul: 최연준), rapper, singer-songwriter, dancer, Ambassador, MC and member of TXT(born in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, South Korea)

References

  1. [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, Retrieved 2010-06-02.
  2. [2]
    "성북구 (Seongbuk-gu 城北區)" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
  3. [3]
    Rachel Sang-hee Han; Frances Cha (17 December 2012). "13 things you've got to do in Seoul". CNN Travel. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
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