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Nagwon-dong is a dong, neighbourhood of Jongno-gu in Seoul, South Korea. Nagwon (낙원, 樂園) means "paradise" in Korean.[1] It is a legal dong (법정동 法定洞) governed under its administrative dong (행정동 行政洞), Jongno 1, 2, 3, 4 ga-dong.[2][3]

Nagwon-dong
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	낙원동
• Hanja	樂園洞
• Revised Romanization	Nagwon dong
• McCune–Reischauer	Nakwon tong
Country	South Korea

Attractions

Nagwon Instrument Arcade

Nagwon Instrument Arcade has traditionally been Korea's largest collection of music stores and is very close to Insa-dong. Built in 1968, the Nagwon building is a pillar based, mixed-use complex. On the first floor, there is a four lane road and a market below. Above the shopping area, there are apartments. The second and third floors of the Nagwon building has a few hundred music stores clustered together. Various instruments and other music-related equipment such as amps, speakers and karaoke machines can be found there. There are people there to sell or repair instruments for beginners and experts alike. On the fourth floor, there is a theater that used to premiere films and was called the 'Hollywood Theater'. Presently, it has turned into the 'Seoul Art Cinema' and 'dance musical private theater' which play 'Silver Theater' films for senior citizens, independent films, and other specialty films.[4][5]

See also

• Administrative divisions of South Korea

References

• "종로구 (Jongno-gu 鍾路區)" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2008-05-14.^{[permanent dead link]}
• "Chronicle of Beopjeong-dong and Haengjeong-dong" (in Korean). Guro-gu Official website.
• "Mapo Information". The chart of Beopjeong-dong assigned by Haengjeong-dong (행정동별 관할 법정동 일람표) (in Korean). Mapo-gu Official website. Archived from the original on 2007-11-05.

External links

• Jongno-gu Official site in English
• (in Korean) Jongno-gu Official site
• (in Korean) Status quo of Jongno-gu by administrative dong
• (in Korean) Jongno 1, 2, 3, 4 ga-dong Resident office
• (in Korean) Origin of Nagwon-dong's name^{[permanent dead link]}

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