Amsa-dong is a dong (neighbourhood) of Gangdong-gu in Seoul, South Korea.[1][2] The dong is well known for the Amsa-dong Prehistoric Settlement Site, in which Neolithic remains were excavated after a large amount of diagonal-line patterned earthenware was exposed by a flood in 1925.[3][4]
Amsa-dong | |
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Korean transcription(s) | |
• Hangul | 암사동 |
• Hanja | 岩寺洞 |
• Revised Romanization | Amsa-dong |
• McCune–Reischauer | Amsa-tong |
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Country | South Korea |
Area | |
• Total | 4.7 km2 (1.8 sq mi) |
Population (2001)[1] | |
• Total | 73,377 |
• Density | 15,612/km2 (40,430/sq mi) |
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