Yeongdeungpo-gu

Yeongdeungpo District is one of the 25 districts of , South Korea. Although the origin of the name is uncertain, the first two syllables are thought to be from "yeongdeung" or "divine ascent", a shamanic rite.
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  • Type: Borough with 396,000 residents
  • Description: one of the districts (gu) of Seoul, South Korea
  • Also known as: “Yeongdeungpo” and “Yeongdeungpo District”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include National Assembly of Korea and Singil station.

Government building
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The National Assembly Building is a building in Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo District, which serves as the location of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, the legislature of South Korea.

Railway station
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is a station on the Seoul Subway's Line 1 and 5. The transfer distance between the platforms on Lines 1 and 5 are fairly long, around 260 meters.

Church
is a Pentecostal church affiliated with the Assemblies of God on Yeouido in , . With about 870,000 members, it is the largest Pentecostal Christian congregation in South Korea.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yeongdeungpo-Guro and Seodaemun-Mapo.

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Yeongdeungpo and Guro are districts in . Yeongdeungpo is mostly a commercial area, and many of the nation's media companies are based here especially in Yeouido.

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Seodaemun and Mapo are districts in northwestern , by the banks of the Han River. They're most notable for their colleges and universities, resulting in a distinctly youthful culture, especially in the twin subdistricts of Hongdae and Sinchon, separated by a single subway stop, a 10-minute bus ride, or a 20-minute walk.

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is in province in , a satellite city designed to decentralize Seoul's residential functions. It borders Seoul's Geumcheon-gu on the east, Seoul's Guro-gu on the north, Siheung-si and Bucheon-si on the west and Anyang-si on the south.

Yeongdeungpo-gu

Latitude
37.5262° or 37° 31′ 34″ north
Longitude
126.8959° or 126° 53′ 45″ east
Population
396,000
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
Open location code
8Q98GVGW+F9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 415153646
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­borough
Geo­Names ID
1832536
Wiki­data ID
Q50190
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Yeongdeungpo-gu” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Yeongdeungpo-gu”
  • Chinese: “Yeongdeungpo Khu”
  • Chinese: “永登浦区”
  • Chinese: “永登浦區”
  • Czech: “Čtvrť Jongdungpcho”
  • Czech: “Jongdungpcho-gu”
  • Dutch: “Yeongdeungpo district”
  • Esperanto: “Jondunpho-gu”
  • Esperanto: “Jondunpho-ku”
  • Esperanto: “Jondunpho”
  • Esperanto: “Jondunpo-ku”
  • Esperanto: “Yeongdeungpo-gu”
  • Esperanto: “Yeongdeungpo”
  • Estonian: “Yeongdeungpo linnarajoon”
  • Estonian: “Yeongdeungpo ringkond”
  • French: “Yeongdeungpo-gu”
  • German: “Yeongdeungpo-gu”
  • Greek: “Γιόνγκντουνγκπο-γκου”
  • Hungarian: “Jongdungpho-ku”
  • Icelandic: “Yeongdeungpohverfi”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Yeongdeungpo”
  • Interlingue: “Yeongdeungpo-gu”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Yeongdeungpo”
  • Italian: “Yeongdeungpo-gu”
  • Japanese: “永登浦区”
  • Korean: “서울 영등포구”
  • Korean: “서울특별시 영등포구”
  • Korean: “영등포”
  • Korean: “영등포구”
  • Malay: “Daerah Yeongdeungpo”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Yeongdeungpo Khu”
  • Northern Frisian: “Yeongdeungpo (Steedkreis)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Yeongdeungpo”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Yeongdeungpo-gu”
  • Persian: “ناحیه یونگدونگپو”
  • Persian: “یونگدونگپو”
  • Russian: “Ёндынпо”
  • Scots: “Yeongdeungpo-gu”
  • Slovak: “Jongdungpcho-gu”
  • Slovak: “Jongdungpcho”
  • Spanish: “Yeongdeungpo-gu”
  • Spanish: “Yeongdeungpo”
  • Swedish: “Yeongdeungpo-gu”
  • Turkish: “Yeongdeungpo”
  • Urdu: “یونگدینگپو ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Yeongdeungpo-gu”
  • Yue Chinese: “永登浦區”

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Notable Places Nearby

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