Tongin-dong explained

Tongin-dong
Translit Lang1:Korean
Translit Lang1 Type:Hangul
Translit Lang1 Info:통인동
Translit Lang1 Type1:Hanja
Translit Lang1 Info2:Tong in dong
Translit Lang1 Info3:T'ong in 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
Blank Name Sec1:Dialect

Tongin-dong is a dong, neighbourhood of Jongno-gu in Seoul, South Korea. It is a legal dong (법정동) administered under its administrative dong (행정동), Hyoja-dong.[1] [2]

Tongin Market in Tongin-dong is on the Seoul list of Asia's 10 greatest street food cities for the tteokbokki.[3]

The famed Korean king Sejong the Great was born in this area; during that time, the area was called Junsubang . There is a small placard dedicated to Sejong on a main street in this area. The house of writer Yi Sang is also in the area.[4]

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  1. Web site: 통인동 (Tongin-dong 通仁洞) . https://archive.today/20130122021457/http://www.encyber.com/search_w/ctdetail.php?masterno=763396&contentno=763396 . dead . 2013-01-22 . . 2008-04-22 . Korean .
  2. Web site: Origin of Tongin-dong's name . https://archive.today/20040821053408/http://www.jongno.go.kr/wcms4/dong/intro/history.jsp?dp=2&id=8 . dead . 2004-08-21 . Jongno-gu official site . 2008-04-22 . Korean.
  3. Goldberg, Lina "Asia's 10 greatest street food cities" CNN Go. 23 March 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-11
  4. Web site: 유 . 연태 . April 16, 2012 . 오래된 골목에서 역사의 온기를 느낀다, 서울 세종마을 . June 30, 2024 . visitkorea.or.kr.