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Gangbuk-gu

Gangbuk District is one of the 25 gu which make up the city of , South Korea. Its name is derived from its location north of the . It was created from the neighbouring in 1995. The current mayor is Park Gyeom-su.
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  • Type: Borough with 324,000 residents
  • Description: one of the districts (gu) of Seoul, South Korea
  • Also known as: “Gangbuk” and “Gangbuk District”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hwagye and Gaori.

Railway station
Photo: Widdy13, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Station is a station on the Ui LRT located in Suyu-dong, Gangbuk District, Seoul. It opened on the 2 September 2017.

Railway station
Photo: Widdy13, CC BY-SA 4.0.
station is a station on the Ui LRT located in Suyu-dong, Gangbuk-gu, , South Korea. It opened on 2 September 2017.

Railway station
Photo: Widdy13, CC BY-SA 4.0.
station is a station on the Ui LRT located in Mia-dong, Gangbuk-gu, Seoul. It opened on 2 September 2017.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Seoul and Banghak-dong.

Photo: Mark Zastrow, CC BY 2.0.
The districts of Gangbuk, Dobong, Eunpyeong, Seongbuk and Nowon are in the northern part of . It is probably best known for the Bukhan mountain that offers nature and hiking close to the city.

Quarter
Photo: 안우석, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a dong of , , South Korea.

Quarter
is a dong of Gangbuk District, , South Korea. From June 30 of 2008, Former Suyu-4 dong is changed to the administrative dong. Thus can be called either legal dong or administrative dong.

Gangbuk-gu

Latitude
37.6395° or 37° 38′ 22″ north
Longitude
127.0255° or 127° 1′ 32″ east
Population
324,000
Elevation
46 metres (151 feet)
Open location code
8Q99J2QG+Q5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 415154132
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­borough
Geo­Names ID
1836339
Wiki­data ID
Q50349
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Gangbuk-gu” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Gangbuk-gu”
  • Chinese: “Gangbuk Khu”
  • Chinese: “江北区”
  • Chinese: “江北區”
  • Dutch: “Gangbuk District”
  • Esperanto: “Distrikto Nordo de Rivero”
  • Esperanto: “Gangbuk-gu”
  • Esperanto: “Gangbuk”
  • Esperanto: “Kanbuk-gu”
  • Esperanto: “Kanbuk”
  • Estonian: “Gangbuki linnarajoon”
  • Estonian: “Gangbuki ringkond”
  • French: “Gangbuk-gu”
  • German: “Gangbuk-gu”
  • Greek: “Γκάνγκμπουκ-γκου”
  • Hungarian: “Kangbuk-ku”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Gangbuk”
  • Interlingue: “Gangbuk-gu”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Gangbuk”
  • Italian: “Gangbuk-gu”
  • Japanese: “江北区”
  • Korean: “Gangbuk-gu”
  • Korean: “강북”
  • Korean: “강북구”
  • Malay: “Daerah Gangbuk”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gangbuk Khu”
  • Northern Frisian: “Gangbuk (Steedkreis)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Gangbuk”
  • Persian: “ناحیه گن‌باک”
  • Portuguese: “Gangbuk-gu”
  • Russian: “Канбук”
  • Russian: “Канбукгу”
  • Russian: “Канбукку”
  • Scots: “Gangbuk-gu”
  • Spanish: “Gangbuk-gu”
  • Sundanese: “Gangbuk-gu”
  • Swedish: “Gangbuk-gu”
  • Thai: “เขตคังบุก”
  • Turkish: “Gangbuk”
  • Urdu: “گانگبوک ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Gangbuk-gu”
  • Yue Chinese: “江北區 (首爾)”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Gangbuk-gu Office and Suyu station.

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