Dongjak-gu

Dongjak-gu is ane o the 25 gu which mak up the ceety o Seoul, Sooth Korea. Its name wis derivit frae the Dongjaegi Naruteo Ferry, locatit on the Han River which borders the destrict tae the north. It wis the 17t gu creatit in Seoul, efter bein separatit frae Gwanak-gu on 1 Apryle 1980.^[2]

Dongjak-gu 동작구
Destrict
동작구 · 銅雀區
Views o Dongjak-gu
Location o Dongjak-gu in Seoul
Kintra	Sooth Korea
Region	Sudogwon
Special Ceety	Seoul
Admeenistrative dong	17
Govrenment
• Mayor	Chung-Sill Moon (Democratic Unitit)
• Cooncil	Dongjak Destrict Cooncil
• Members o the Seoul Metropolitan Cooncil	강희용 (Democratic Unitit) 1st Electoral Destrict 장환진 (Democratic United) 2nt Electoral Destrict 박기열 (Democratic Unitit) 3rd Electoral Destrict 서영갑 (Democratic Unitit) 4t Electoral Destrict
• Members o the Naitional Assembly	Byung-Hun Jun (Democratic Unitit) Dongjak-gu Gap district Mong Joon Chung (Saenuri) Dongjak-gu Eul district
Area
• Total	16.35 km2 (6.31 sq mi)
Population  (2010[1])
• Total	397,317
• Density	24,000/km2 (63,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Korea Staundart Time)
Website	Dongjak-gu official website

Seembols

The main seembol o Dongjak-gu is the Snawy Heron. A cartoon character namit Roya, a baby snawy-heron, can be seen on signs, banners, an even licht poles throuoot the gu. Accordin tae the offeecial wabsteid, uise o the snawy heron is meant tae seembolize the "clean, bonnie an noble spirit" o Dongjak's fowk. The emblem, foond at maist offeecial biggins, depicts the snawy heron soarin intae the sky.

Economy

Dongjak is hame tae some KOSPI200 companies, includin Nongshim, Honam Petrochemical, an Yuhan.

Admeenistrative diveesions

Dongjak-gu is dividit intae 14 dong, which are:

Daebang-dong Heukseok-dong (aw o this dong haed been combined in Januar 2008) Noryangjin-dong 1, 2 (Bon-dong haed been combined wi Noryangjin 1-dong in September 2008)

Sadang-dong 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (Dongjak-dong haed been combined wi Sadang 2-dong in September 2008) Sangdo-dong 1, 2, 3, 4 (2 an 5 dong wur combined in Januar 2008) Sindaebang-dong 1, 2

Eddication

Dongjak-gu is hame tae Chongshin Varsity, the Seoul campus o Chung-Ang Varsity, an Soongsil Varsity.

Places o interest

Soongsil Varsity

Seoul National Cemetery

Thare are mony notable sichts in Dongjak-gu. The maist famous is the Naitional Cemetery, locatit in Dongjak-dong. Additionally, several temples are locatit throuoot the waird. The Noryangjin Fish Mercat is notable an aw, as amaist hauf o the fish brocht tae the ceety comes throu here.

Boramae Park is a lairge pairk that wis uised as a airfield durin the Korean War. It nou haes several decommissioned aircraft on display. The pairk haes a lairge joggin track an aw, wirkoot equipment, a rock climbin waw, skeitch pairk, basketbaw courts, badminton courts, tennis courts, playgrunds, an Boramae Buddhist Temple. A Buy-the-Way sits in the centre o the pairk. Built in 2002, the Boramae Chereville is the 14t tawest biggin in Seoul an staunds on the edge o Boramae pairk.

Transportation

Railweys

• Korail

• Seoul Subway Line 1

(Yeongdeungpo-gu) ← Daebang — Noryangjin → (Yongsan-gu)

• Seoul Metro

• Seoul Subway Line 2 Circle Line

(Seocho-gu) ← Sadang → (Gwanak-gu) ← Sindaebang → (Guro-gu)

• Seoul Subway Line 4

(Yongsan-gu) ← Dongjak — Isu — Sadang Station → (Seocho-gu)

• Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation

• Seoul Subway Line 7

(Seocho-gu) ← Isu — Namseong — Soongsil University — Sangdo — Jangseungbaegi — Sindaebangsamgeori → (Yeongdeungpo-gu)

• Seoul Metro Line 9 Corporation

• Seoul Subway Line 9

(Yeongdeungpo-gu) ← Noryangjin — Nodeul — Heukseok — Dongjak → (Seocho-gu)

Sister ceeties

• Surrey, Breetish Columbie, Canadae
• Pinggu, Cheenae
• Dunhua, Jilin, Cheenae
• Bayankhongor, Mongolie