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Gyeonggi
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Geumcheon-gu

Geumcheon District is one of the of , South Korea. It was created from southern parts of Guro District and tiny sections from in 1995.
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  • Type: Borough with 230,000 residents
  • Description: one of the districts (gu) of Seoul, South Korea
  • Also known as: “Geumcheon” and “Geumcheon District”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Doksan and Geumcheon-gu Office.

Metro station
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station is a station on Line 1 of the Seoul Subway. It is an above-ground station located in southwestern , with service between and Suwon/.

Metro station
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Station, formerly known as Siheung Station, is a station on the Line 1 of the Seoul Subway, as well as the Gyeongbu Line. Commuter rail trains on Line 1 travel southwards from here to , , Pyeongtaek and Cheonan Stations via the Gyeongbu Line.

Museum
is a in , South Korea. The museum was founded by Yun Jang-seob who after setting up the Sungbo Cultural Foundation in July 1981 to purchase antiquities, established the in October 1982 at , by leasing one floor of a building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gwangmyeong and Doksan-dong.

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is in province in , a satellite city designed to decentralize Seoul's residential functions. It borders Seoul's Geumcheon-gu on the east, Seoul's Guro-gu on the north, Siheung-si and Bucheon-si on the west and Anyang-si on the south.

Quarter
is a dong of Geumcheon District, , South Korea.

Quarter
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is a statutory division of , , South Korea. Its name means "enshrining heaven" which was derived from its location, northern skirt of Mt.

Geumcheon-gu

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
node 1968205548
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­borough
Geo­Names ID
8349534
Wiki­data ID
Q50359
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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: “Geumcheon Khu”
  • Chinese: “衿川区”
  • Chinese: “衿川區”
  • Chinese: “衿川區廳”
  • Dutch: “Geumcheon District”
  • Esperanto: “Geumcheon-gu”
  • Esperanto: “Geumcheon”
  • Esperanto: “Kumĉon-gu”
  • Esperanto: “Kumĉon-ku”
  • Esperanto: “Kumĉon”
  • 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”
  • Korean: “금천”
  • Korean: “금천구”
  • Korean: “금천구청”
  • 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

Explore places such as Siheung-dong and Soha-dong.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include 금천구립금나래도서관 and Geumcheon-gu Office.

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