Gugi-dong
Gugi-dong is a dong of Jongno District, Seoul, South Korea. It is a legal dong administered under its administrative dong, Pyeongchang-dong.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarter
- Description: place in South Korea
- Also known as: “Gugidong” and “Kugi-dong”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Samseong Museum of Publishing and Hongjimun Gate and Tanchungdaesong Fortress.
Samseong Museum of Publishing
Museum
The Samseong Museum of Publishing is a museum in Seoul, South Korea; it is a private museum related to printing and publishing. Located in Gugi-dong, Jongno-gu, visitors can see all manner of artifacts and historical items at the museum.
Hongjimun Gate and Tanchungdaesong Fortress
City gate
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hongjimun Gate and Tanchungdaesong Fortress is a city gate.
Changuimun Gate
City gate
Photo: Shiwon Cho, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Changuimun is one of the Eight Gates of Seoul in the Fortress Wall of Seoul, South Korea, which surrounded the city in the Joseon period. The gate is also known as Buksomun and Jahamun.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hongji-dong and Pyeongchang-dong.
Hongji-dong
Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hongji-dong is a dong of Jongno District, Seoul, South Korea. It is a legal dong administered under its administrative dong, Buam-dong.
Pyeongchang-dong
Quarter
Pyeongchang-dong is a dong of Jongno District, Seoul, South Korea. Sometimes called the "Beverly Hills of Seoul", due to it being a preferred residential location for Korean celebrities, it still remains a common location used in Korean films and television.
Gugi-dong
- Categories: dong of South Korea (legal) and locality
- Location: Jongno, Seoul, Gyeonggi, South Korea, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
37.60903° or 37° 36′ 33″ northLongitude
126.95739° or 126° 57′ 27″ eastElevation
262 metres (860 feet)Open location code
8Q98JX54+JXOpenStreetMap ID
node 415153742OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarter
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Scots—“Gugi-dong” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “舊基洞”
- Dutch: “Gugi-dong”
- Greek: “Γκούγκι-ντονγκ”
- Japanese: “グギドン”
- Japanese: “グギ洞”
- Japanese: “旧基洞”
- Korean: “Gugi-dong”
- Korean: “구기동”
- Korean: “舊基洞”
- Scots: “Gugi-dong”
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