Gil-dong

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

Gil-dong
Korean transcription(s)
 • Hangul길동
 • Hanja吉洞
 • Revised RomanizationGil-dong
 • McCune–ReischauerKil-tong
Gil-dong Community Service Center
CountrySouth Korea
Area
 • Total2.17 km2 (0.84 sq mi)
Population
 (2001)[1]
 • Total50,568
 • Density23,303/km2 (60,350/sq mi)

Exit 1 leads to many different love motels, hoffs, and norae bangs. In this direction it is about 2 km to the Han River.

Exit 2 and 3 lead to the post office and a large Korean market. Along the main road on this side of the street, there are retailers and many Korean restaurants. There are also many dentists and norae bangs.

On the same street as the post office is a typical outdoor Korean market, made up of mostly fruit, vegetable, fish and ddok sellers. It has become more gentrified lately and shops such as "The Face Shop" have moved in. This market runs the length of gil-dong on this back street. This area back from the main road is made up of many small one-way streets with many villas and traditional Korean houses lining them.

Gil-dong has the feel of an older, poorer Korean neighbourhood. There are many families and people riding bikes and buying groceries. The area is starting to change, though, and newer high rises are being built up near the Gildong-Gangdong intersection.

The area has relatively few hagwons, and hardly any foreigners live here.

History

Gil-dong is geographically located far away from the Han River, so the natives believe this area is easy to be settled and safe to avoid any damage from storm and flood, based on Feng shui Theory. In 1995, Seoul Subway Line 5 was passed through this area stopping at Gil-dong Station. On the area of Gil-dong, Gangdong Public Library, Sinmyung Middle School, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital of Hallym University and a Leadership Training Institute of Doosan Group named Yeongangwon is located.[3]

Area information

The current postal code of Gil-dong is 134–010. 134 is for Gangdong-gu and 010 is for Gil-dong.

Notable people from Gil-dong

See also

References
  1. "길동 (Gil-dong 吉洞)" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
  2. "The origin of Gil-dong" (in Korean). Gangdong-gu official site. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
  3. http://dong.gangdong.go.kr:8081/pub/dong/3240152/01_dong/03/01_dong_03.jsp%5B%5D


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