Jungwon District

Jungwon District is a district in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. As of 2023, the district had a population of 210,848.

Photo: Hyolee2, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Type: Borough
Description: administrative division of South Korea
Also known as: “Jungwon-gu”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Taepyeong and Moran.

Taepyeong

Railway station

Photo: LERK, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Taepyeong Station is a station on the Suin–Bundang Line between Gachon University and Moran Station. Located in central Seongnam, it is also in proximity of the Tancheon and Seoul Air Base.

Moran

Railway station

Photo: LERK, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Moran Station serves as the southern terminal of Seoul Subway Line 8 and is also a stop on the Suin–Bundang Line. The Moran Market is held near the station during the 4th and 9th days of the month.

Gachon Univ.

Railway station

Photo: LERK, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Gachon University Station is a station on the Suin–Bundang Line between Bokjeong and Taepyeong. It serves the nearby Global campus of Gachon University. On 28 December 2011, Gachon Univ. Station was renamed from Kyungwon Univ. Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pangyo and Bundang.

Pangyo

Photo: xine kr, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pangyo is a city in Gyeonggi, administratively part of the city of Seongnam, just south of Seoul. Pangyo is a planned city surrounding Pangyo-dong, Baekhyeon-dong, Unjung-dong, and Sampyeong-dong of Bundang-gu and Siheung-dong and Sasong-dong of Sujeong-gu.

Bundang

Photo: Jfranklee, Public domain.

Bundang is a ward in Seongnam, a suburb of Seoul, in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Since 2010, Pangyo has emerged as Korea's Silicon Valley, attracting many IT and BT workers from Pangyo.