- Jamsil-dong
Infobox Korean settlement
title = Jamsil-dong
imgcaption =Jamsil Baseball Stadium located in Jamsil 1-dong
hangul = 잠실동
hanja = linktext|蠶|室|洞
rr = Jamsil-dong
mr = Chamsil-tong
area_km2 = 5.77
pop = 103514
popnote =
popyear = 2001
popden_km2 =17940
popdennote =
divs =
mapcaption =Jamsil-dong is a neighbourhood, "dong" of of
Songpa-gu ,Seoul ,South Korea .cite web |url=http://www.encyber.com/search_w/ctdetail.php?masterno=732250&contentno=732250 |title=잠실동 (Jamsil-dong 蠶室洞) |publisher=Doosan Encyclopedia |accessdate=2008-04-15 |language=Korean|] Its name is strongly related tosilkworm breeding during theJoseon dynasty and "Jamsil" literally means a room or place forsericulture . The state encouraged to people to raise silkworms, so founded "Dongjamsil" (동잠실, literally east place for sericulture) in the east vicinity of Seoul.cite web|url=http://www.songpa.go.kr/user.kdf?a=songpa.menu.MenuApp&c=1001&cate_id=BC2501002000_2_ |title=The origin of the name and timetable of "Jamsil-dong" (동명 유래/연혁) |publisher=The resident center of Jamsil bon-dong |accessdate=2008-04-15 |language=Korean|]ee also
*
Lotte World
*Jamsil Baseball Stadium
*Administrative divisions of South Korea References
External links
*ko [http://www.songpa.go.kr/user.kdf?a=songpa.menu.MenuApp&cate_id=BC2500000000 Jamsil bon-dong resident center site]
* [http://www.songpa.go.kr/english/contents/010302.jsp# Songpa-gu map]
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