Oksu-dong

Oksu-dong
Hangul	옥수동
Hanja	玉水洞
Revised Romanization	Oksu-dong
McCune–Reischauer	Oksu-dong
Statistics
Area	1.95 km2 (0.8 sq mi)
Population (2001)	32,339 [1]
Population density	16,584.1/km2 (42,952.6/sq mi)

Oksu-dong is a dong, neighbourhood of Seongdong-gu in Seoul, South Korea. During Korea under Japanese rule's period it was just a little hamlet called Doomo-Village (두모리; 豆毛里) belonging to Hanji (한지면; 漢芝面) within Goyang County (고양군 高陽郡) and lying close near Han river. ^[1][2]

See also

• Administrative divisions of South Korea

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "옥수동 (Oksu-dong 玉水洞)" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. http://www.encyber.com/search_w/ctdetail.php?masterno=732289&contentno=732289. Retrieved 2008-05-10. 
2. ^ "Origin and timeline of Oksu-dong" (in Korean). Seongdong-gu official site. http://oksu1.sd.go.kr/f5/donginfo2.asp. Retrieved 2008-05-10. 

• "Seongdong-gu Status Info". Seongdong-gu official site. http://foreign.sd.go.kr/eng/intro_sd/status_info.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-22. ^{[dead link]}
• "성동구 (Seongdong-gu 城東區)" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. http://www.encyber.com/search_w/ctdetail.php?masterno=91863&contentno=91863. Retrieved 2008-04-22. 
• "Chronicle of Beopjeong-dong and Haengjeong-dong" (in Korean). Guro-gu Official website. http://www2.guro.go.kr/site/gu/page.jsp?code=guf040100010. 
• "Mapo Information" (in Korean). The chart of legal dong assigned by administrative dong (행정동별 관할 법정동 일람표). Mapo-gu Official website. http://www.mapo.go.kr/Design/html_cms/e_ward/03_office_dong_law.jsp. 

External links

• Seongdong-gu Official site in English
• (Korean) Seongdong-gu Official website
• (Korean) Map of Seongdong-gu
• (Korean) Oksu 1-dong Resident office