Dongdaemungu

The name literally translates as “East Gate Area”: “tone” (cor. 동) - “east”, “demun” (cor. 대문) - “gate”, “gu” (or “ku”; cor. 구) - "area".

In the north, Dongdaemungu borders on Sonbuku , in the east - on Chunnangu , in the southeast - on Gwangjing , in the south - on Sondongu , in the south-west the "neighbor" is Chungu , and in the west - Chongnogu .

Exit from Cheongyanni Metro Station

The area was founded in 1943 , but was part of the larger Sonbukku district. In 1949, the district withdrew from Sonbukku, but in subsequent years it significantly changed its composition and, consequently, the occupied area — some small administrative districts ( tone ; cor. 동) were transferred to the administration of the administrations of neighboring regions ( gu , cor. 구), others stood out in separate regions (for example, the neighboring Chunangu district was formed on January 1, 1988 as a result of the allocation of 17 tons from Dongdaemungu).

Dongdaemungu currently consists of 26 tons . ^[2]

The center of the district is the territory adjacent to the Cheonianni metro station (box 청량리), which is famous for its many trading enterprises.

There are 51 educational institutions in the district, including: the district education department, 3 universities ( Gyeonggi University, Hankuk University of Foreign Languages , Seoul University ), one vocational educational institution (box 전문대) and 46 schools. ^[one]

On the territory of the district there are many ancient buildings, monuments and graves, such as:

- Altar of Sonnondan (cor. 선농단; cultural heritage of Seoul No. 15), where in ancient times people prayed for a plentiful harvest

- a monument built in 1452 to King Sejong the Great (cor. 세종대왕 신도비; cultural heritage of Seoul No. 42);

- Suphyo (cor. 수표) - a water horizon meter built in 1441 in the Chongachekhon stream (treasure No. 838)

- the tomb of Yonghewon (cor. 영휘원; historical site No. 361)

- the tombs of Kim Byung No (cor. 김병로 묘), Han Yong Una (cor. 한용운 묘), An Chan Hyo (cor. 안창호 묘), O Se Chkhan (cor. 오세창 묘) and others. ^[2]

Despite the relatively small area, there are 37 mini-parks in the area.

The flower symbol of the magnolia tree is selected, but the Dongdaemungu symbol tree is dzelkva . As an animal symbol, a great white heron was chosen.

Inside the country:

•   Namhae County, Gyeongsangnam-do Province , Republic of Korea (since September 22, 1999 ) ^[3]
•   Naju City, Jeollanam-do Province , Republic of Korea (since September 29, 1999 ) ^[4]
•   Checheon , Chungcheongbuk-do Province , Republic of Korea (since September 22, 2000 ) ^[5]
•   Chuncheon City, Gangwon-do Province, Republic of Korea (since November 28, 2003 ) ^[6]
•   Yomson County, Chungcheongbuk-do Province , Republic of Korea (since July 13, 2005 ) ^[7]
•   Yoju County, Gyeonggi-do Province, Republic of Korea (since September 5, 2008 ) ^[8]
•   Songchang County, Jeollan-Pukto Province , Republic of Korea ( May 6, 2009 ) ^[9]

Abroad:

•   Yanqing County ( Chinese 延庆县 , Pinyin : Yánqìng Xiàn ), Beijing , China (from September 27, 1997 ) ^[10]
•   Ango City ( Chinese 安 国 , Pinyin : Ānguó ), Hebei Province, China ( December 19, 2001 ) ^[11]
•   Toshima district ( Japanese 豊 島 区 , Toshima-ku), Tokyo , Japan (since May 9, 2002 ) ^[12]

• Dongdaemun Gate, as well as the wholesale malls, supermarkets and company stores Dongdaemun is famous for, are located in other areas: Dongdaemun Gate is located in the southeastern part of the Jongnogu area, and malls, supermarkets and company stores are located in the Chungu area.