Banghwa-dong
Korean transcription(s)
 • Hangul방화동
 • Hanja傍花洞
 • Revised RomanizationBanghwa-dong
 • McCune–ReischauerPanghwa-tong
Banghwa-dong Community Service Center, 2014.
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)

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

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. 1 2 "방화동 (-dong 傍花洞)" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
  2. ↑ "The origin of Banghwa-dong" (in Korean). Gangseo-gu official site. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
  3. ↑ "copyrights.gif Archived 2012-03-26 at the Wayback Machine." Eastarjet. Retrieved on July 4, 2011. Address in Korean Archived 2012-03-26 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ https://www.gangseo.seoul.kr/new_portal/introduc/main2_3.jsp?show=2
  5. ↑ "개화동 (Gaehwa-dong 開花洞)" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
  6. ↑ Jeong Hyeong-don is the winner of MuDo's Member of the year 2010, with a massive votes by netizen(in Korean), TVReport, January 2, 2011, Retrieved February 15, 2011.

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