Dong-gu

Dong District is a gu in northeastern part of of South Korea. Daegu itself lies in the southeastern part of the Korean Peninsula. It has a population of 343,678.
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  • Type: Suburb with 343,000 residents
  • Description: administrative division of Daegu, South Korea
  • Also known as: Dong District”, “Dong District, Daegu”, and “Donggu

Places of Interest

Highlights include Daegu International Airport and Dongdaegu station.

Airport terminal
is an serving the city of and the surrounding area in southeastern . The airport is also a military base for the ROKAF's 11th Fighter Wing, whose three squadrons fly the F-15K.

Metro station
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, meaning "East Daegu station", is a railway station in , South Korea. It is on the national high-speed KTX railway network, 282 km south of .

Metro station
Station is a station of the Daegu Subway Line 1 in Geomsa-dong, Dong District, Daegu, South Korea. It is located at old course. As it is connected with Ayanggyo station by underwater tunnel, it is deeper than any other station of Daegu Subway Line 1.

Dong-gu

Latitude
35.8865° or 35° 53′ 11″ north
Longitude
128.6355° or 128° 38′ 8″ east
Population
343,000
Elevation
37 metres (121 feet)
Open location code
8Q7CVJPP+H5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 415148854
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
8419829
Wiki­data ID
Q50376
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Dong-gu” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Dong-gu
  • Chinese: Dong Khu
  • Chinese: 东区
  • Chinese: 東區 (大邱廣域市)
  • Chinese: 東區
  • Dutch: Dong-gu
  • Esperanto: Orienta Distrikto
  • French: Dong-gu
  • German: Dong-gu (Daegu)
  • German: Dong-gu
  • Greek: Ντονγκ-γκου
  • Italian: Distretto di Dong
  • Italian: Dong-gu
  • Japanese: 東区
  • Korean: Donggu
  • Korean: 대구 동구
  • Korean: 대구광역시 동구
  • Korean: 대구시 동구
  • Korean: 동구
  • Malayalam: ഡോങ്-ഗു
  • Min Nan Chinese: Dong Khu
  • Persian: ناحیه دونگ
  • Spanish: Dong-gu
  • Swedish: Dong-gu, Daegu
  • Swedish: Dong-gu
  • Turkish: Dong, Daegu
  • Urdu: دونگ ضلع، ڈائے گو
  • Vietnamese: Dong-gu, Daegu
  • Vietnamese: Dong-gu

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