Geumcheon-gu
Geumcheon District is one of the 25 gu of Seoul, South Korea. It was created from southern parts of Guro District and tiny sections from Gwangmyeong in 1995.- Type: Borough with 230,000 residents
- Description: one of the districts (gu) of Seoul, South Korea
- Also known as: “Geumcheon”, “Geumcheon District”, “Kumĉon”, “Kumĉon-gu”, “Kumĉon-ku”, “금천”, “금천구청”, and “衿川區廳”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Doksan and Geumcheon-gu Office.
Geumcheon-gu Office
Metro station
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gwangmyeong and Doksan-dong.
Bongcheon-dong
Quarter
Bongcheon-dong is a statutory division of Gwanak District, Seoul, South Korea.
Geumcheon-gu
- Categories: district of Seoul and locality
- Location: Seoul, Gyeonggi, South Korea, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
37.4565° or 37° 27′ 23″ north
Longitude
126.8954° or 126° 53′ 43″ east
Population
230,000
Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)
Open location code
8Q98FV4W+J5
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=borough
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Geumcheon-gu” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “منطقة كومتشيون”
- Cebuano: “Geumcheon-gu”
- Chinese: “衿川区”
- Chinese: “衿川區”
- Dutch: “Geumcheon District”
- Esperanto: “Geumcheon-gu”
- Esperanto: “Geumcheon”
- Estonian: “Geumcheoni linnarajoon”
- Estonian: “Geumcheoni ringkond”
- French: “Geumcheon-gu”
- Georgian: “გიმჩჰონი”
- German: “Geumcheon-gu”
- Greek: “Γκούμτσον-γκου”
- Hungarian: “Kumcshon-ku”
- Indonesian: “Distrik Geumcheon”
- Interlingue: “Geumcheon-gu”
- Italian: “Distretto di Geumcheon”
- Italian: “Geumcheon-gu”
- Japanese: “衿川区”
- Kashmiri: “گٕمچیٛون ضِلہٕ”
- Korean: “금천구”
- Malay: “Daerah Geumcheon”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Geumcheon Khu”
- Northern Frisian: “Geumcheon (Steedkreis)”
- Northern Frisian: “Geumcheon”
- Persian: “ناحیه گومچون”
- Portuguese: “Geumcheon-gu”
- Russian: “Кымчхон”
- Russian: “Кымчхонгу”
- Scots: “Geumcheon-gu”
- Spanish: “Geumcheon-gu”
- Swedish: “Geumcheon-gu”
- Thai: “เขตคึมช็อน”
- Turkish: “Geumcheon”
- Urdu: “گیمچیون ضلع”
- Vietnamese: “Geumcheon-gu”
- Yue Chinese: “衿川區”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Siheung-dong and Soha-dong.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: 금천구립금나래도서관 and 금나래아트홀.
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Worth a closer look: Jongno and Incheon International Airport.
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