Nowon-gu
Nowon District is one of the 25 districts of Seoul, South Korea, located in the most northeastern part of the metropolitan city. It is considered to be a residental district, due to its high concentration of apartments and residental buildings.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Borough with 493,000 residents
- Description: one of the districts (gu) of Seoul, South Korea
- Also known as: “Nowon” and “Nowon District”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dobong station and Chang-dong.
Dobong station
Railway station
Photo: LERK, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dobong Station is a metro station on Seoul Subway Line 1. It is in the extreme north of Seoul and offers services connecting the city to the cities to the north in Gyeonggi Province.
Chang-dong
Railway stop
Photo: LERK, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chang-dong Station is a station on Seoul Subway Line 1 and Line 4. It is located in Chang-dong, Dobong District, Seoul, South Korea. A shopping center was planned for this site, but the empty lot has never been developed due to the bankruptcy of the contractor behind said project.
Nokcheon
Metro station
Photo: LERK, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nokcheon station is a metro station on Seoul Subway Line 1 in South Korea. It is located in the northern end of the city.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Seoul and Banghak-dong.
North Seoul
Photo: Mark Zastrow, CC BY 2.0.
The districts of Gangbuk, Dobong, Eunpyeong, Seongbuk and Nowon are in the northern part of Seoul. It is probably best known for the Bukhan mountain that offers nature and hiking close to the city.
Banghak-dong
Quarter
Photo: 안우석, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Banghak-dong is a dong of Dobong District, Seoul, South Korea.
Nowon-gu
- Categories: district of Seoul and locality
- Location: Seoul, Gyeonggi, South Korea, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.654° or 37° 39′ 14″ northLongitude
127.0567° or 127° 3′ 24″ eastPopulation
493,000Elevation
41 metres (135 feet)Open location code
8Q99M334+HMOpenStreetMap ID
node 415154105OpenStreetMap feature
place=boroughGeoNames ID
8349531Wikidata ID
Q50368
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Nowon-gu” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Nowon-gu”
- Chinese: “Nowon Khu”
- Chinese: “芦原区”
- Chinese: “蘆原區”
- Esperanto: “Noŭon-gu”
- Esperanto: “Noŭon-ku”
- Esperanto: “Noŭon”
- Esperanto: “Nowon-gu”
- Esperanto: “Nowon”
- Estonian: “Nowoni linnarajoon”
- Estonian: “Nowoni ringkond”
- French: “Nowon-gu”
- German: “Nowon-gu”
- Greek: “Νόουον-γκου”
- Hungarian: “Novon-ku”
- Indonesian: “Distrik Nowon”
- Indonesian: “Nowon-gu”
- Interlingue: “Nowon-gu”
- Italian: “Distretto di Nowon”
- Italian: “Nowon-gu”
- Japanese: “ノウォン区”
- Japanese: “芦原区”
- Japanese: “蘆原区”
- Korean: “노원”
- Korean: “노원구”
- Malay: “Daerah Nowon”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Nowon Khu”
- Northern Frisian: “Nowon (Steedkreis)”
- Northern Frisian: “Nowon”
- Persian: “ناحیه نوون”
- Portuguese: “Nowon-gu”
- Russian: “Новонгу”
- Scots: “Nowon-gu”
- Spanish: “Nowon-gu”
- Swedish: “Nowon-gu”
- Tagalog: “Distrito ng Nowon”
- Turkish: “Nowon”
- Urdu: “نوون ضلع”
- Vietnamese: “Nowon-gu”
- Yue Chinese: “蘆原區”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Junggye-dong and Sanggye-dong.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Nowon-gu Office and 노원삼성정형외과별관.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Nowon-gu”. Photo: Ox1997cow, CC BY-SA 3.0.