Seo District (Seo-gu, 서구) is a gu, or district, in western Daegu, South Korea. A major transportation nexus, it is transected by the Gyeongbu, Guma, and Jungang Expressways. It is also connected to the downtown region and to Dalseong County by Daegu Subway Line 2. The Gyeongbu Line railroad also passes through Seo-gu, but no major stations are located there.

Seo 서구
Autonomous District
Korean transcription(s)
• Hanja	西區
• Revised Romanization	Seo-gu
• McCune–Reischauer	Sŏ-gu
Flag
Country	South Korea
Region	Yeongnam
Provincial level	Daegu
Administrative divisions	17 administrative dong
Area
• Total	17.32 km2 (6.69 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	166,599
• Density	9,619/km2 (24,910/sq mi)
• Dialect	Gyeongsang
Website	Seo District Office

Seo-gu stands at the western edge of Daegu's urbanized region. It is bounded by the downtown Jung-gu district to the east, by Dalseo-gu to the south and Buk-gu to the north, and by the largely rural area of Dalseong-gun to the west. Most of the western third of Seo-gu is taken up by the rural Sangjungi-dong precinct.

Twin towns – sister cities

Seo District is twinned with:[1]

• Bacolod, Philippines
• Angeles City, Philippines[2]
• Hexi (Tianjin), China
• Keqiao (Shaoxing), China

Notable people from Seo District

• Kim Tae-hyung known by his stage name V, actor, singer-songwriter, dancer, record producer, composer and member of one of the most successful boyband and best selling artist ever in South Korea, BTS is native of Seo District, Daegu.

See also

• Seogu Kids Library

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Seo-gu, Daegu.

• Official site (in English)
• In Korean language online encyclopedias:
  • Doosan Encyclopedia (Naver)
  • Pascal World Encyclopedia (Yahoo)