Gangseo-gu

Gangseo District is one of the 25 districts of , South Korea. It is located on the south side of the . South Korea's third busiest airport, Gimpo International Airport, is located in , where many flights fly to cities like , , and .
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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 Gimpo Int’l Airport and Heo Jun museum.

Railway 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.

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.

Bridge
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The is a bridge in South Korea. It crosses the , connecting the Gangseo District, Seoul with , . The bridge is a part of the Incheon International Airport Expressway.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West Seoul and Bucheon.

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The districts of Gangseo and Yangcheon are in the west of the city of .

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is a city in Province 25 km away from , of which it is a satellite city. It is located between Incheon and Seoul.

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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.

Gangseo-gu

Latitude
37.5623° or 37° 33′ 44″ north
Longitude
126.8162° or 126° 48′ 58″ east
Population
547,000
Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)
Open location code
8Q98HR68+WF
Geo­Names ID
1843128
Wiki­data ID
Q50192
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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”
  • Kashmiri: “گَنٛگسیٛو ضِلہٕ”
  • 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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Localities in the Area

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