Yeoksam-dong
Yeoksam-dong is a ward of Gangnam District, Seoul, South Korea. Teheran-ro runs through Yeoksam-dong and has some of the tallest buildings in Seoul, comprising a collection of corporate headquarters and high-rise office buildings.- Type: Quarter with 23,400 residents
- Description: dong in Gangnam District, Seoul, South Korea
- Also known as: “Yŏksam-dong”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Yeoksam station and National Children Youth Library.
Yeoksam station
Metro station
Photo: LERK, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yeoksam Station is a station on Line 2 of the Seoul Subway. It is located in Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul.
National Children Youth Library
Library
The National Library for Children and Young Adults is a branch library of the National Library of Korea, that aims to provide information services and reading promotion services to children and young adults, located in Tehaeran-ro 7-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul.
GS Tower
Office building
GS Tower, also called GS Gangnam Tower, is a 38-story modern skyscraper located in the Gangnam District area of Seoul, South Korea. It was completed in 1997 and is a mixed-use facility consisting of an art hall, performing arts theatre, corporate exhibition hall, offices, retail, restaurants, health club and parking.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Seorae Village and Bogwang-dong.
Seorae Village
Neighborhood
Photo: InSapphoWeTrust, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Seorae Village, sometimes nicknamed "Montmartre", due to its hilltop location, or sometimes "French Village", is a small, affluent French ethnic enclave in Banpo-dong and Bangbae-dong, Seocho District, Seoul, South Korea. Seorae Village is situated 3½ km west of Yeoksam-dong.
Bogwang-dong
Quarter
Bogwang-dong is a dong of Yongsan District, Seoul, South Korea. Bogwang-dong is situated 4½ km northwest of Yeoksam-dong.
Oksu-dong
Quarter
Oksu-dong is a dong of Seongdong District, Seoul, South Korea. Oksu-dong is situated 5 km northwest of Yeoksam-dong.
Yeoksam-dong
- Categories: dong of South Korea (legal) and locality
- Location: Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-Seocho, Seoul, Gyeonggi, South Korea, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.49988° or 37° 29′ 60″ northLongitude
127.03856° or 127° 2′ 19″ eastPopulation
23,400Elevation
29 metres (95 feet)Open location code
8Q99F2XQ+XCOpenStreetMap ID
node 415155292OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterGeoNames ID
6573644Wikidata ID
Q2647548
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Yeoksam-dong” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “驿三洞”
- Chinese: “驛三1洞”
- Chinese: “驛三2洞”
- Chinese: “驛三洞”
- Greek: “Γιόκσαμ-ντονγκ”
- Hungarian: “Jokszam-tong”
- Hungarian: “Yeoksam-dong”
- Japanese: “ヨクサムドン”
- Japanese: “ヨクサム洞”
- Japanese: “駅三洞”
- Japanese: “驛三洞”
- Korean: “Yeoksam-dong”
- Korean: “강남구 역삼동”
- Korean: “서울특별시 강남구 역삼동”
- Korean: “역삼”
- Korean: “역삼동 (서울)”
- Korean: “역삼동”
- Malay: “Yeoksam-dong”
- Persian: “یئوکسام-دونگ”
- Portuguese: “Yeoksam-dong”
- Scots: “Yeoksam-dong”
- Swedish: “Yeoksam-dong, Seoul”
- Swedish: “Yeoksam-dong”
- Urdu: “یوکسم-ڈونگ”
- Vietnamese: “Yeoksam-dong”
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