Gyeonggi
Seoul
Jongno

Dongdaemun

Heunginjimun, a.k.a. Dongdaemun, is one of The Eight Gates of Seoul in the Seoul City Wall, a prominent landmark in central , South Korea. The Korean name "Dongdaemun" means "Great East Gate," and it was so named because it was the major eastern gate in the wall that surrounded Seoul during the Joseon period.
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  • Type: City gate
  • Description: one of The Four Great Gates (cardinal) as one of The Eight Gates of Seoul as part of the Fortress Wall of Seoul, South Korea
  • Also known as: “Dongdae-mun”, “Heunginjimun”, “Heunginjimun Gate”, “Heunginmun”, and “Tongdae-mun”
  • Address: 종로 288, 서울특별시

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dongdaemun and Seoul City Wall Museum.

Metro station
Photo: Marcopolis, Public domain.
station station is a station on Line 1 and Line 4 of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway. Sometimes called Dong Station, it is named after one of the Four Great Gates of the circular wall surrounding ancient Seoul, and is situated on the eastern end of Jongno.

Museum
Photo: 오모군, CC BY 3.0.
The is a for the Seoul City Wall in Jongno-5.6 ga Subdistrict, , , . is situated 210 metres northwest of Dongdaemun.

Hospital
Photo: Parkyongjoo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hospital, which is situated 530 metres southwest of Dongdaemun.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Changsin-dong and Bangsan-dong.

Quarter
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is a dong of , , South Korea.

Quarter
is a legal dong, or neighborhood, of , South Korea and governed by its administrative dong, Euljiro 3, 4, 5ga-dong.

Quarter
Photo: 안우석, CC0.
is a dong of , , South Korea.

Dongdaemun

Latitude
37.57111° or 37° 34′ 16″ north
Longitude
127.00973° or 127° 0′ 35″ east
Elevation
28 metres (92 feet)
Levels
2
Open location code
8Q99H2C5+CV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 765957003
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­city_gate
Geo­Names ID
6800803
Wiki­data ID
Q482721
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In Other Languages

From Central Kurdish to Welsh—“Dongdaemun” goes by many names.
  • Central Kurdish: “دۆنگدایمون”
  • Central Kurdish: “هیونگینمون”
  • Central Kurdish: “ھیونگینجیمون”
  • Chinese: “兴仁之门”
  • Chinese: “東大門”
  • Chinese: “興仁之門”
  • Dutch: “Dongdaemun”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هينجينجيمان”
  • Esperanto: “Orienta Pordego de Seulo”
  • French: “Heunginjimun”
  • German: “großes Osttor”
  • German: “Heung-in-ji-mun”
  • German: “Heunginjimun”
  • German: “Tor der aufsteigenden Güte”
  • Indonesian: “Dongdaemun”
  • Indonesian: “Gerbang Dongdaemun”
  • Indonesian: “Heunginjimun”
  • Japanese: “東大門”
  • Japanese: “興仁之門”
  • Korean: “동대문”
  • Korean: “보물1호”
  • Korean: “서울 흥인지문”
  • Korean: “서울흥인지문”
  • Korean: “흥인문”
  • Korean: “흥인지문”
  • Malay: “Heunginjimun”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dongdaemun”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Heunginjimun”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hŭnginjimun”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tongdaemun”
  • Norwegian: “Dongdaemun”
  • Russian: “Тондэмун”
  • Russian: “Хынъинджимун”
  • Spanish: “Heunginjimun”
  • Thai: “ดงแดมุน”
  • Thai: “ทงแดมุน”
  • Thai: “ประตูดงแด”
  • Uzbek: “Tongdemun”
  • Vietnamese: “Đông Đại môn”
  • Vietnamese: “Heunginjimun”
  • Vietnamese: “Hưng Nhân Chi Môn”
  • Welsh: “Heunginjimun”

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