Yongsan-gu

Yongsan-gu
Yongsan-gu
	Destrict
	용산구 · 龍山區
	Location o Yongsan-gu in Seoul
Kintra	Sooth Korea
Region	Sudogwon
Special Ceety	Seoul
Admeenistrative dong	19
Area
• Total	21.87 km2 (8.44 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	227,400
• Density	10,000/km2 (27,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Korea Staundart Time)
Website	Yongsan-gu offeecial wabsteid

Yongsan-gu (Scots: Yongsan Destrict) is a destrict o Seoul, Sooth Korea. Its name means "Dragon Hill", derivit frae the hanja characters for draigon (龍 yong) an hill/moontain (山 san). It sits tae the North o the Han River unner the shadae o Seoul Tower. Geographically, it is locatit richt in the centre o Seoul. It is hame tae roughly 250,000 fowk, an is dividit intae 20 dong, or neebourheids. Notable locations in Yongsan Destrict include Yongsan Station, the sprawlin Yongsan Electronics Market, Haebangchon an the Itaewon commercial destrict. Itaewon is widely kent as ane o the maist ethnically diverse regions in Korea. Mony foreigners gravitate towards its shopping centers an nightlife.

Yongsan Destrict is the steid o Yongsan Garrison, a lairge Unitit States militar base in the hert o Seoul. Acause o the scarcity o laund in central Seoul, as well as the consolidation o U.S. Forces throughoot the Korean Peninsulae, the U.S. an Sooth Korean govrenments hae greit tae relocate the facility oot o Seoul tae Pyeongtaek bi 2013. Efter its relocation, the 243 ha o its laund is planned tae be developit intae a lairge pairk.

Sookmyung Women's University is locatit in the wastren portion o this destrict. Nearbi, the legendary bar "Doors" haes been a hub o Sookmyung social life for years. Thare is a growin commonty o Muslims an ithers frae the Middle East due tae the location o Seoul's anerlie mosque, Seoul Central Mosque in Itaewon. This immigration trend haes caused a nummer o halal restaurants an shops tae open in the auriea.

N Seoul Tower haes been re-opened. The touer is situatit at the tap o Namsan. The touer wis biggit as a telly transmitter.

Yongsan is servit bi Seoul Subway Line 1, Line 4, Line 6, an the Jungang Line.

Economy

KOSPI 200 companies based in Yongsan include Amore Pacific, Orion Confectionery, Cheil Worldwide an Hyundai Development Company. Yongsan Internaitional Business Destrict, a project propelled bi Seoul Metropolitan Govrenment tae enhance its internaitional competitiveness, is ane o the warld’s lairgest composite complexes whose tot floor aurie is 5.6 times that o Roppongi Hills in Japan an mair nor twa times that o Canary Wharf in the Unitit Kinrick.^[2] It's expectit tae be opened bi 2016.

Admeenistrative diveesions

Bogwang-dong (보광동 普光洞)
Cheongpa-dong (청파동 靑坡洞)
- Seogye-dong (서계동 西界洞)
Hangangno-dong (한강로동 漢江路洞)
Hannam-dong (한남동 漢南洞)
Huam-dong (후암동 厚岩洞)
Hyochang-dong (효창동 孝昌洞)
Ichon 1-dong (이촌 1동 二村洞)
Ichon 2-dong (이촌 2동 二村洞)
Itaewon 1-dong (이태원 1동 梨泰院洞)
Itaewon 2-dong (이태원 2동 梨泰院洞)
Namyeong-dong (남영동 南營洞)
- Dongja-dong (동자동 東子洞)
- Garwol-dong (갈월동 葛月洞)
Seobinggo-dong (서빙고동 西氷庫洞)
- Dongbinggo-dong (동빙고동 東氷庫洞)
- Juseong-dong (주성동 鑄城洞)
Wonhyoro 1-dong (원효로 1동 元曉路洞)
- Munbae-dong (문배동 文培洞)
- Singye-dong (신계동 新契洞)
Wonhyoro 2-dong (원효로 2동 元曉路洞)
- Sancheon-dong (산천동 山泉洞)
- Sinchang-dong (신창동 新倉洞)
- Cheongam-dong (청암동 淸岩洞)
Yongmun-dong (용문동 龍門洞)
- Dowon-dong (도원동 桃園洞)
Yongsan 2 ga-dong (용산 2가동 龍山洞)