Dongdaemun-gu

Dongdaemun District is one of the 25 districts of , South Korea. It has a population of 346,770 and has a geographic area of 14.22 km2, and is divided into 14 dong.
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  • Type: Borough with 341,000 residents
  • Description: one of the districts (gu) of Seoul, South Korea
  • Also known as: “Dongdaemun”, “Dongdaemun District”, “Dongdaemun Koo”, “Ost-Tor-Bezirk”, “Tōdaimon-ku”, “Tondemun”, “Tondemun-gu”, “Tongdaemun-gu”, “Tongdaimoon-ku”, “Тондемун”, “Тондэмун”, and “東大門區廳”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Tongdae-mun and Cheongnyangni station.

City gate
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Heunginjimun, a.k.a. Dongdaemun, is one of The Eight…

Railway station
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is a major railway station located at Dongdaemun District, , South Korea.

Railway station
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Station is a station on the Seoul Subway…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Seoul and Jung.

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The districts of Dongdaemun, Jungnang, Gwangjin and Seongdong are in the east of the city of .

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is in , constituting the southern half of the historic core of Seoul, along with Jongno.

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is in , and constitutes the northern half…

Dongdaemun-gu

Latitude
37.5742° or 37° 34′ 27″ north
Longitude
127.0395° or 127° 2′ 22″ east
Population
341,000
Elevation
36 metres (118 feet)
UN/LOCODE
KR DGU
Open location code
8Q99H2FQ+MR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 415154036
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­borough
Geo­Names ID
1834328
Wiki­data ID
Q50382
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Yue Chinese—“Dongdaemun-gu” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Dongdaemun District”
  • Catalan: “districte de Dongdaemun”
  • Cebuano: “Dongdaemun-gu”
  • Chinese: “东大门区”
  • Chinese: “東大門區”
  • Dutch: “Dongdaemun District”
  • Esperanto: “Distrikto Orienta Pordego”
  • Esperanto: “Dongdaemun-gu”
  • Estonian: “Dongdaemuni linnarajoon”
  • Estonian: “Dongdaemuni ringkond”
  • French: “Dongdaemun-gu”
  • German: “Dongdaemun-gu”
  • Greek: “Ντόνγκντεμουν-γκου”
  • Hungarian: “Tongdemun-ku”
  • Iloko: “Dongdaemun-gu”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Dongdaemun”
  • Interlingue: “Dongdaemun-gu”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Dongdaemun”
  • Italian: “Dongdaemun-gu”
  • Japanese: “東大門区”
  • Javanese: “Dhistrik Dongdaemun”
  • Kashmiri: “دونٛگدیمُن ضِلہٕ”
  • Korean: “동대문”
  • Korean: “동대문구”
  • Malay: “Daerah Dongdaemun”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Dongdaemun Khu”
  • Mongolian: “Тундэмүнь дүүрэг”
  • Mongolian: “Тундэмүнь-гү”
  • Northern Frisian: “Dongdaemun (Steedkreis)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Dongdaemun”
  • Persian: “ناحیه دونگدامون”
  • Portuguese: “Dongdaemun-gu”
  • Russian: “Тондэмунгу”
  • Scots: “Dongdaemun-gu”
  • Spanish: “Dongdaemun-gu”
  • Swedish: “Dongdaemun-gu”
  • Turkish: “Dongdaemun”
  • Urdu: “دونگدایمون ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Dongdaemun-gu”
  • Yue Chinese: “東大門區”
  • “Dongdaemun-gu”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Yongsin-dong and Majang-dong.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: 동대문구청 and Dongdaemun-gu Office.

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Worth a closer look: Jongno and Incheon International Airport.

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