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Oksu-dong is a dong, (neighbourhood), of Seongdong-gu in Seoul, South Korea.

Oksu-dong
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	옥수동
• Hanja	玉水洞
• Revised Romanization	Oksu-dong
• McCune–Reischauer	Oksu-dong
Oksu-dong Show map of Seoul Oksu-dong Show map of South Korea
Coordinates:
Country	South Korea
Area
• Total	1.95 km2 (0.75 sq mi)
Population  (2001)[1]
• Total	32,339
• Density	17,000/km2 (43,000/sq mi)

History

During the Japanese occupation of Korea, Oksu-dong was a small hamlet known as 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

• "Seongdong-gu Status Info". Seongdong-gu official site. Retrieved 2008-04-22. ^{[dead link]}
• "성동구 (Seongdong-gu 城東區)" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2008-04-22.^{[permanent dead link]}
• "Chronicle of Beopjeong-dong and Haengjeong-dong" (in Korean). Guro-gu Official website.
• "Mapo Information". The chart of legal dong assigned by administrative dong (행정동별 관할 법정동 일람표) (in Korean). Mapo-gu Official website. Archived from the original on 2007-11-05.

External links

• Seongdong-gu Official site in English^{[permanent dead link]}
• (in Korean) Seongdong-gu Official website
• (in Korean) Map of Seongdong-gu
• (in Korean) Oksu 1-dong Resident office

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