Amsa-dong explained

Amsa-dong
Translit Lang1:Korean
Translit Lang1 Type:Hangul
Translit Lang1 Info:암사동
Translit Lang1 Type1:Hanja
Translit Lang1 Info2:Amsa-dong
Translit Lang1 Info3:Amsa-tong
Translit Lang2 Type:Hangul
Translit Lang2 Type1:Hanja
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:South Korea
Subdivision Type1:Region
Seat Type:Capital
Parts Style:para
Leader Title:Mayor
Area Total Km2:4.7
Population Total:73377
Population As Of:2001
Population Density Km2:15612
Blank Name Sec1:Dialect

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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  1. Web site: 암사동 (Amsa-dong 岩寺洞) . . 2008-04-18 . Korean .
  2. Web site: The origin of Amsa-dong. Gangdong-gu official site . 2008-04-18 . Korean.
  3. Web site: Amsa-dong Prehistoric Settlement Site . Korea Tourism Organization.
  4. Web site: Historical Attraction . KTDC . 2008-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080417163125/http://www.hellopageskorea.com/enjoy/tour/seoul/enjoy_tour-seoul-Historical_body.htm . 17 April 2008 . dead .