Guro-gu

Guro District is one of the 25 districts of , South Korea, which was separated from on April 1, 1980. Located in the southwestern part of the city, where besides and , Guro District has an important position as a transport link which contains railroads, land routes from the rest of Seoul to the south of the country.
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  • Type: Borough with 407,000 residents
  • Description: district (gu) of Seoul, South Korea
  • Also known as: Gulo-gu”, “Gulogu”, “Guro”, “Guro District”, “Guro District, Seoul”, and “Gurogu

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gocheok Sky Dome and Mullae Neighborhood Park.

Stadium
The is a domed baseball stadium in , Seoul, South Korea. It is the home ballpark of KBO club Kiwoom Heroes. The stadium is primarily used for baseball and has a capacity for 16,744 spectators for baseball games.

Park
Mullae Park is a park in , , , South Korea. The park was established in 1986 and is widely used for leisure and exercise by nearby residents.

Metro station
Photo: Jpbarrass, Public domain.
is a station on Seoul Subway Line 1 and Line 2. It is also the southeastern terminus of Line 2's Sinjeong Branch to Kkachisan. The station is located at the northern edge of Sindorim-dong, Guro-gu, , on the border with Yeongdeungpo-gu.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gwangmyeong and Yeongdeungpo-Guro.

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 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.

Quarter
is a dong of , , South Korea.

Guro-gu

Latitude
37.4952° or 37° 29′ 43″ north
Longitude
126.8877° or 126° 53′ 16″ east
Population
407,000
Elevation
25 metres (82 feet)
Open location code
8Q98FVWQ+33
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1968205550
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­borough
Geo­Names ID
1841986
Wiki­data ID
Q50356
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Yue Chinese—“Guro-gu” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Guro-gu
  • Cebuano: Guro-gu
  • Chinese: Guro Khu
  • Chinese: 九老区
  • Chinese: 九老區
  • Dutch: Guro District
  • Esperanto: Guro-gu
  • Esperanto: Guro
  • Esperanto: Kuro-gu
  • Esperanto: Kuro-ku
  • Esperanto: Kuro
  • Estonian: Guro linnarajoon
  • Estonian: Guro ringkond
  • French: Guro-gu
  • German: Guro-gu
  • Greek: Γκούρο-γκου
  • Hungarian: Kuro-ku
  • Indonesian: Distrik Guro
  • Interlingue: Guro-gu
  • Italian: Distretto di Guro
  • Italian: Guro-gu
  • Japanese: 九老区
  • Korean: 구로
  • Korean: 구로구
  • Malay: Daerah Guro
  • Min Nan Chinese: Guro Khu
  • Northern Frisian: Guro (Steedkreis)
  • Northern Frisian: Guro
  • Persian: ناحیه گورو
  • Russian: Куро
  • Russian: Курогу
  • Russian: Куроку
  • Scots: Guro-gu
  • Slovenian: Guro
  • Spanish: Guro-gu
  • Swedish: Guro-gu
  • Turkish: Guro
  • Urdu: گورو ضلع، سؤل
  • Uzbek: Guro tumani, Seoul
  • Uzbek: Guro tumani
  • Vietnamese: Guro-gu
  • Yue Chinese: 九老區

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Guro-gu Office and Seoul Guro Police Station.

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