Dobong-gu

Dobong-gu
Location within Seoul.
Korean name
Hangul	도봉구
Hanja	道峰區
Revised Romanization	Dobong-gu
McCune–Reischauer	Tobong ku
Statistics
Area	20.8 km2 (8.0 sq mi)
Population (2006)	381,732
Population density	18,353 /km2 (47,530 /sq mi)
Administrative divisions	15 administrative dong

Dobong-gu is one of the 25 districts (gu) of Seoul, South Korea. It is located on the north side of the Han River.

Symbols

• Flower : Climbing rose
• Tree : Pine tree'
• Bird : Pigeon

Mountain

Donbong Mt. is nearby and actually its area is in charge of dobong-gu. Dobongsan, which provides a resting place to Dobong-gu residents, is located in the northeast of Bukhansan Mt.

In addition, Dobongsan Mt has many large and small temples such as Cheonchuksa, Wontongsa, and Manweolam.^[1]

Administrative divisions

Dobong-gu is composed of four dong.

• Dobong-dong (도봉동 道峰洞) 1, 2
• Banghak-dong (방학동 放鶴洞) 1, 2, 3
• Ssangmun-dong (쌍문동 雙門洞) 1, 2, 3, 4
• Chang-dong (창동 倉洞) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Transportation

Railroad

• Korail

• Seoul Subway Line 1

(Uijeongbu) ← Dobongsan — Dobong — Banghak — Changdong — Nokcheon → (Nowon-gu)

• Seoul Metro

• Seoul Subway Line 4

(Nowon-gu) ← Chang-dong — Ssangmun → (Gangbuk-gu)

• Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation

• Seoul Subway Line 7

(Uijeongbu) ← Dobongsan → (Nowon-gu)

Sister cities

• Changping, China
• Donghae, South Korea

References

1. ^ English Dobong-gu

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Dobong-gu, Seoul

Korean

• Map from the Dobong-gu website

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