• Source: Dongjak District

Dongjak District (Korean: 동작구; RR: Dongjak-gu) is one of the 25 gu (districts) that make up the city of Seoul, South Korea. Its name was derived from the Dongjaegi Naruteo Ferry, on the Han River which borders the district to the north. It was the 17th gu created in Seoul, after being separated from Gwanak District on 1 April 1980.




Administrative divisions



Dongjak District is divided into 15 dong:

Daebang-dong
Heukseok-dong (all of this dong was combined in January 2008)
Noryangjin-dong 1, 2 (Bon-dong was combined with Noryangjin 1-dong in September 2008)
Sadang-dong 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (Dongjak-dong was combined with Sadang 2-dong in September 2008)
Sangdo-dong 1, 2, 3, 4 (2 and 5 dong were combined in January 2008)
Sindaebang-dong 1, 2




Education


Dongjak District is home to Chongshin University, the Seoul campus of Chung-Ang University, and Soongsil University.
Noryangjin-dong, especially near Noryangjin Station is known for private institutes or Hagwons, for college admission test and civil service examinations.




Transportation






= Railways

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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 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 cities


Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Bergen County, New Jersey, USA
Pinggu, China
Dunhua, Jilin, China
Tahara, Aichi, Japan
Bayanzürkh, Mongolia




People from Dongjak District


Lee Min-ho (Korean: 이민호), actor, singer, and model.
Kim Nam-joon (Korean: 김남준; stage name RM), rapper, songwriter, record producer, and leader of boy band BTS.
Jung Hae-in (Korean: 정해인), actor, and model.




References






External links



Dongjak District website (English version)

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Distrik Dongjak
• Distrik Seocho
• Distrik Yeongdeungpo
• Distrik Gwanak
• Seoul
• Distrik Guro
• Dongjak District
• Seocho District
• Yeongdeungpo District
• Jung Woo-sung
• Han Ji-min
• Heukseok-dong
• RM (musician)
• Jung Hae-in
• Daebang-dong
• Lee Min-ho