Umyeon-dong
Umyeon-dong is a dong, neebourheid o Seocho-gu in Seoul, Sooth Korea. It is a legal dong (법정동) admeenistered unner its admeenistrative dong (행정동), Yangjae 1-dong. The first syllable o the name is derivit frae Umyeonsan, or Mt. Umyeon due tae the geographical featur o the aurie haes the muntain.[1]
Umyeon-dong | |
|---|---|
| Korean transcription(s) | |
| • Hangul | 우면동 |
| • Hanja | 牛眠洞 |
| • Revised Romanisation | Umyeon-dong |
| • McCune–Reischauer | Umyŏn-tong |
| Kintra | Sooth Korea |
Munt Umyeon-san
eeditThe muntain peak o Umyeon-San is locatit approximately 10 km (6.2 mi) sooth o Seoul, an aboot 5 km (3.1 mi) northeast o Gwanaksan. Satelliteviews.net leets the peak elevation as "313",[2] while Google Earth shows the maximum elevation at 280 m (920 ft), athin a populatit aurie.
Floods an landmines
eeditDurin the 2011 Seoul floods, a landslide on a unstable slope o Munt Umyeon destroyed a apairtment row, killin 17 fowk an mey hae buriet aboot ten landmines droppit on the muntainsides durin the Korean War.[3]
Attraction
eeditSee an aw
eeditReferences
eedit- ↑ "우면동 (Umyeon-dong 牛眠洞)" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 19 Apryle 2008.[deid airtin]
- ↑ Geocode, Google Maps. "Umyeon-san, South Korea". SatelliteViews.net. Mountain. Retrieved 31 Julie 2011.[deid airtin]
- ↑ Song, Sang-ho (28 Julie 2011). "Military searches for stray landmines". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 31 Julie 2011.[deid airtin]
Freemit airtins
eedit- Seocho-gu offeecial wabsteid
- Seocho-gu map Archived 2012-12-19 at Archive.today at the Seocho-gu offeecial wabsteid
- (in Korean) The Yangjae 1-dong Resident office