Cheonho-dong

Cheonho-dong
Korean name
Hangul	천호동
Hanja	千戶洞
Revised Romanization	Cheonho-dong
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'ŏnho-tong
Statistics
Area	3.07 km2 (1.2 sq mi)
Population (2001)	106,782 [1]
Population density	34,782/km2 (90,085/sq mi)

Cheonho-dong is a dong, neighbourhood of Gangdong-gu in Seoul, South Korea.^[1][2]

History

Cheonho means "Thousand of Houses", because its geographical location was believed to be an ideal place to live based on the Feng shui theory. In addition, there is a historical site of Pungnaptoseong, which is a flat earthen wall built at the edge of the Han River in the Baekje Era. Cheonho-dong is the only place where a huge department store such as Hyundai Department Store is located in the area of Gangdong-gu. Cheonho Station is a transfer point between Seoul Subway Line 5 and Line 8. Cheonho-dong is a 60-minute Limousine bus ride away from Incheon International Airport.

Area Information

Current Zip Code of Cheonho-dong is 134-020. 134 is for Gangdong-gu and 020 is for Cheonho-dong.

See also

• Administrative divisions of Gangdong-gu
• Administrative divisions of Seoul
• Administrative divisions of South Korea

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "천호동 (Cheonho-dong 千戶洞)" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. http://www.encyber.com/search_w/ctdetail.php?masterno=732260&contentno=732260. Retrieved 2008-04-18. 
2. ^ "The origin of Cheonho-dong" (in Korean). Gangdong-gu official site. http://www.gangdong.go.kr/pub/los/los.jsp?sc=los01030101_091100. Retrieved 2008-04-18. ^{[dead link]}

External links

• Gangdong-gu official website
• Gangdong-gu map at the Gangdong-gu official website
• (Korean) The Cheonho 1 dong Resident office