Oksu-dong

Oksu-dong (Korean: 옥수동) is a dong (neighbourhood) of Seongdong District, Seoul, South Korea.

Oksu-dong
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	옥수동
• Hanja	玉水洞
• Revised Romanization	Oksu-dong
• McCune–Reischauer	Oksu-dong
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Coordinates: 37.5392°N 127.0153°E / 37.5392; 127.0153
Country	South Korea
Area
• Total	1.95 km2 (0.75 sq mi)
Population  (2001)[1]
• Total	32,339
• Density	17,000/km2 (43,000/sq mi)

History

During the Japanese occupation of Korea, Oksu-dong was a small hamlet known as Doomo-Village (두모리; 豆毛里) belonging to Hanji (한지면; 漢芝面) within Goyang County (고양군 高陽郡) and lying close near Han river.^[1][2]

See also

• Administrative divisions of South Korea