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Mapo-gu

Mapo District is one of the 25 districts of , South Korea. Mapo has a population of 381,330 and has a geographic area of 23.87 km2, and is divided into 24 dong.
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  • Type: Borough with 391,000 residents
  • Description: Autonomous District in Seoul, South Korea
  • Also known as: “Mapo”, “Mapo District”, and “Mapo-Gu”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Seoul World Cup Stadium and Korean Film Archive.

Stadium
Photo: Dan820526, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , a.k.a. the Sangam Stadium, is a stadium used mostly for association football matches. The venue is located in 240, World Cup-ro, Mapo-gu, , South Korea.

Library
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The , or the Korean Federation of Film Archives, is the sole film archive in with nationwide coverage. It was founded in in 1974 as a non-profit organization.

Park
Photo: Vanessaliam, CC BY-SA 3.0.
World Cup Park is an ecological park built in Sangamdong-gil, in , South Korea. The park was established on May 1, 2002 in anticipation of the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup Games.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Seodaemun-Mapo and Yeongdeungpo-Guro.

Photo: titicat, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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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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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The districts of Gangseo and Yangcheon are in the west of the city of .

Mapo-gu

Latitude
37.5666° or 37° 33′ 60″ north
Longitude
126.9015° or 126° 54′ 6″ east
Population
391,000
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
Open location code
8Q98HW82+JJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4657892093
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­borough
Geo­Names ID
1841277
Wiki­data ID
Q50388
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Mapo-gu” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “منطقة مابو”
  • Armenian: “Մափո-գու”
  • Armenian: “Մափո”
  • Armenian: “Մափոգու”
  • Catalan: “Mapo”
  • Cebuano: “Mapo-gu”
  • Chinese: “Mapo Khu”
  • Chinese: “麻浦区”
  • Chinese: “麻浦區”
  • Dutch: “Mapo-gu”
  • Esperanto: “Mapho-gu”
  • Esperanto: “Mapho-ku”
  • Esperanto: “Mapho”
  • Esperanto: “Mapo-gu”
  • Esperanto: “Mapo”
  • Estonian: “Mapo linnarajoon”
  • Estonian: “Mapo ringkond”
  • French: “Mapo-gu”
  • Georgian: “მაპო”
  • German: “Bezirk Mapo”
  • German: “Mapo-gu”
  • Greek: “Μάπο-γκου”
  • Hebrew: “מאפו”
  • Hungarian: “Mapho-ku”
  • Iloko: “Mapo-gu”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Mapo”
  • Interlingue: “Mapo-gu”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Mapo”
  • Italian: “Mapo-gu”
  • Japanese: “マポ区”
  • Japanese: “麻浦区”
  • Korean: “마포”
  • Korean: “마포구”
  • Korean: “서울 마포”
  • Korean: “서울 마포구”
  • Korean: “서울시 마포구”
  • Korean: “서울특별시 마포구”
  • Lithuanian: “Mapo-gu”
  • Malay: “Daerah Mapo”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Mapo Khu”
  • Northern Frisian: “Mapo (Steedkreis)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Mapo”
  • Persian: “ناحیه ماپو”
  • Portuguese: “Mapo-gu”
  • Russian: “Мапхогу”
  • Scots: “Mapo-gu”
  • Slovak: “Mapcho-gu”
  • Slovak: “Mapcho”
  • Slovenian: “Mapo-gu”
  • Slovenian: “Mapo”
  • Slovenian: “okraj Mapo”
  • Spanish: “Mapo-gu”
  • Swedish: “Mapo-gu”
  • Turkish: “Mapo”
  • Ukrainian: “Mapo-gu”
  • Ukrainian: “Округ Мапо”
  • Urdu: “ماپو ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Mapo-gu”
  • Welsh: “Mapo-gu”
  • Yue Chinese: “麻浦區”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mapo-gu Office and 마포구의회.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mapo-gu”. Photo: 골뱅이, CC BY-SA 3.0.