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Umyeon-dong is a dong, neighbourhood of Seocho-gu in Seoul, South Korea is part of Gangnam District and a well-known, private neighborhood for the wealthy in southern Seoul.[1] It is a legal dong (법정동) administered under its administrative dong (행정동), Yangjae 1-dong. The first syllable of the name is derived from Umyeonsan, or Mt. Umyeon due to the geographical feature of the area has the mountain.[2]

Umyeon-dong
Korean transcription(s)
 • Hangul우면동
 • Hanja牛眠洞
 • Revised RomanizationUmyeon-dong
 • McCune–ReischauerUmyŏn-tong
CountrySouth Korea

Mount Umyeon-san


The mountain peak of Umyeon-San is located approximately 10 km (6.2 mi) south of Seoul, and about 5 km (3.1 mi) northeast of Gwanaksan. Satelliteviews.net lists the peak elevation as "313",[3] while Google Earth shows the maximum elevation at 280 m (920 ft), within a populated area.


Floods and landmines


During the 2011 Seoul floods, a landslide on an unstable slope of Mount Umyeon destroyed an apartment row, killing 17 people and may have buried about ten landmines dropped on the mountainsides during the Korean War.[4]


Attraction



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References


  1. "Korea Joongang Daily". mengnews.joins.com. Archived from the original on 2014-10-29.
  2. "우면동 (Umyeon-dong 牛眠洞)" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
  3. Geocode, Google Maps. "Umyeon-san, South Korea". SatelliteViews.net. Mountain. Retrieved 31 July 2011. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  4. Song, Sang-ho (July 28, 2011). "Military searches for stray landmines". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 31 July 2011.



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