Banghwa-dong

Banghwa-dong is a dong, neighbourhood of Gangseo-gu in Seoul, South Korea.[1][2]

Banghwa-dong
Korean transcription(s)
 • Hangul방화동
 • Hanja傍花洞
 • Revised RomanizationBanghwa-dong
 • McCune–ReischauerPanghwa-tong
Banghwa-dong Community Service Center, 2014.
CountrySouth Korea
Area
 • Total9.83 km2 (3.80 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[1]
 • Total84,743
 • Density8,816/km2 (22,830/sq mi)

Eastarjet has its headquarters in Banghwa 2-dong.[3]

Name

The dong was named banghwa, because of the flowers that were abundant in Gaehwa Mountain.[4]

Gaehwa-dong
Gaehwa-dong
Korean transcription(s)
 • Hangul개화동
 • Hanja開花洞
 • Revised RomanizationGaehwa-dong
 • McCune–ReischauerKaehwa-tong
CountrySouth Korea

Gaehwa-dong is a dong, neighbourhood of Gangseo-gu in Seoul, South Korea. It is a legal dong (법정동) administered under its administrative dong (행정동), Banghwa 2-dong.[5]

Famous Gaehwa-dong residents

See also

References
  1. "방화동 (-dong 傍花洞)" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 19 April 2008.
  2. "The origin of Banghwa-dong" (in Korean). Gangseo-gu official site. Retrieved 19 April 2008.
  3. Archived copy copyrights.gif Archived 26 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Eastarjet. Retrieved 4 July2011. Address in Korean Archived 26 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  4. 염창동(鹽倉洞) Archived 6 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "서울특별시 강서구 방화동 | 서울기록원". 서울기록원 카탈로그 (in Korean). Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  6. Jeong Hyeong-don is the winner of MuDo's Member of the year 2010, with a massive votes by netizen(in Korean), TVReport, 2 January 2011, Retrieved 15 February 2011.

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