Gangseo-gu
Gangseo District is one of the 25 districts of Seoul, South Korea. It is located on the south side of the Han River. South Korea's third busiest airport, Gimpo International Airport, is located in Gonghang-dong, where many flights fly to cities like Busan, Jeju, and Gwangju.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: district of Seoul with 547,000 residents
- Description: one of the districts (gu) of Seoul, South Korea
- Also known as: “Gangseo District” and “Gangseo District, Seoul”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Heo Jun museum and Banghwa Bridge.
Heo Jun museum
Museum
Heojun Museum is a municipal museum in Gayang 2-dong, Gangseo District, Seoul, South Korea to commemorate the legacy of Heo Jun, a court physician during the reign of King Seonjo of the mid Joseon Dynasty of Korea.
Banghwa Bridge
Bridge
The Banghwa Bridge is a bridge in South Korea. It crosses the Han River, connecting the Gangseo District, Seoul with Goyang, Gyeonggi Province. The bridge is a part of the Incheon International Airport Expressway.
Gimpo Int’l Airport
Metro station
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Gimpo International Airport Station is a subway, railway and light rail station on Seoul Subway Line 5, Line 9, AREX, the Gimpo Goldline and the Seohae Line.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Seoul and Bucheon.
Bucheon
Bucheon is a city in Gyeonggi Province 25 km away from Seoul, of which it is a satellite city. It is located between Incheon and Seoul.
Seodaemun-Mapo
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Seodaemun and Mapo are districts in northwestern Seoul, 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.
Gangseo-gu
- Location: Seoul, Gyeonggi, South Korea, East Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Yue Chinese—“Gangseo-gu” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Gangseo-gu”
- Asturian: “Gangseo”
- Cebuano: “Gangseo-gu”
- Chinese: “Gangseo Khu”
- Chinese: “江西区”
- Chinese: “江西區”
- Dutch: “Gangseo District”
- Esperanto: “Distrikto Okcidento de Rivero”
- Esperanto: “Gangseo-gu”
- Esperanto: “Gangseo”
- Esperanto: “Kanso-ku”
- Esperanto: “Kanso”
- Estonian: “Gangseo linnarajoon”
- Estonian: “Gangseo ringkond”
- Finnish: “Gangseo-gu”
- French: “Gangseo-gu”
- German: “Gangseo-gu”
- Greek: “Γκάνγκσο-γκου”
- Hungarian: “Kangszo-ku”
- Indonesian: “Distrik Gangseo, Seoul”
- Interlingue: “Gangseo-gu”
- Italian: “Distretto di Gangseo”
- Italian: “Gangseo-gu”
- Japanese: “カンソ区”
- Japanese: “江西区”
- Korean: “강서”
- Korean: “강서구”
- Malay: “Daerah Gangseo, Seoul”
- Malay: “Daerah Gangseo”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Gangseo Khu”
- Northern Frisian: “Gangseo (Steedkreis)”
- Northern Frisian: “Gangseo”
- Persian: “ناحیه گانگسو”
- Russian: “Кансо”
- Russian: “Кансогу”
- Scots: “Gangseo-gu, Seoul”
- Scots: “Gangseo-gu”
- Spanish: “Gangseo-gu”
- Spanish: “Gangseo”
- Swedish: “Gangseo-gu, Seoul”
- Swedish: “Gangseo-gu”
- Turkish: “Gangseo, Seul”
- Turkish: “Gangseo”
- Ukrainian: “Кансогу”
- Urdu: “گانگسیو ضلع، سؤل”
- Vietnamese: “Gangseo-gu, Seoul”
- Vietnamese: “Gangseo-gu”
- Yue Chinese: “江西區 (首爾)”
- “Gangseo-gu”
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