Gil-dong explained

Gil-dong
Translit Lang1:Korean
Translit Lang1 Type:Hangul
Translit Lang1 Info:길동
Translit Lang1 Type1:Hanja
Translit Lang1 Info2:Gil-dong
Translit Lang1 Info3:Kil-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 Km2:2.17
Population Total:50568
Population As Of:2001
Population Density Km2:23303
Blank Name Sec1:Dialect

Gil-dong is a dong, neighbourhood of Gangdong District in Seoul, South Korea.[1] [2]

History

Gil-dong is geographically located far away from the Han River, so the natives believe this area is easy to be settled and safe to avoid any damage from storm and flood, based on Feng shui Theory. In 1995, Seoul Subway Line 5 was passed through this area stopping at Gil-dong Station. On the area of Gil-dong, Gangdong Public Library, Sinmyung Middle School, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital of Hallym University and a Leadership Training Institute of Doosan Group named Yeongangwon is located.[3]

Area information

The current postal code of Gil-dong is 134–010. 134 is for Gangdong-gu and 010 is for Gil-dong.

Notable people from Gil-dong

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 길동 (Gil-dong 吉洞) . . 2008-04-18 . Korean .
  2. Web site: The origin of Gil-dong. Gangdong-gu official site . 2008-04-18 . Korean.
  3. http://dong.gangdong.go.kr:8081/pub/dong/3240152/01_dong/03/01_dong_03.jsp{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}