- Sanbon
Infobox Korean name
hangul=산본동
hanja=山本洞
rr=Sanbon-dong
mr=Sanbon-dongSanbon or Sanbon-dong is a "dong", or neighborhood, in
Gunpo , asatellite city of Seoul inGyeonggi Province,South Korea . Its total area is 2.05 km ². [Figure obtained from combining numbers on Sanbon 1-dong and Sanbon 2-dong websites.] Due to its population of more than 50,000, for administrative purposes the area is divided into two "dong", Sanbon 1-dong and Sanbon 2-dong. Its name can be translated as "the mountain's root," and refers to its position at the base ofSurisan 's eastern flank. On the other side of Surisan (475 m) lies Anyang City.The administrative entity of Sanbon was formed in 1914, as part of a general nationwide consolidation of local government under the Japanese occupation. At that time it was Sanbon-"ri", a rural precinct of
Siheung County. When it became part of the new Gunpo City in 1989, its status was changed from "ri" to "dong". The name is believed to derive from "Sanjeo", "low on the mountain," which was first used to describe the region in 1789. [cite web|url=http://www.gunpo21.net/dong03_san01/vill/vill01.php|title=유래 및 연혁|accessdate=2006-04-08]Seoul Subway Line 4 stops atSanbon Station . Other landmarks include variousJoseon Dynasty relics: a largekiln site, a shrine of the royal Jeonju Yi clan, and the tomb of 17th-century scholar HoamYi Gi-jo .Notes
ee also
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Geography of South Korea
*Subdivisions of South Korea
*List of Korea-related topics External links
* [http://korea.wikia.com/wiki/Sanbon Wikia page]
* [http://www.gunpo21.net/dong03_san01/vill/vill01.php Korean-language site of Sanbon 1-dong government]
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