Hyochang Park
Hyochang Park is a park in Yongsan District, Seoul, South Korea. Established in 1876 as a cemetery for the Korean royal family, it is now simultaneously a park for leisure and a memorial for the Korean independence movement.Photo: DerPaul, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Park
- Description: park in Seoul, South Korea
- Also known as: “Hyochang Gongwon”, “Hyochang Kongwon”, “Hyochanggongwon”, and “Hyochangwon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kim Koo Museum & Library and Museum of Japanese Colonial History in Korea.
Kim Koo Museum & Library
Museum
Photo: DerPaul, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Kim Koo Museum is a museum in located within Hyochang Park, Hyochang-dong, Yongsan District, Seoul, South Korea. It commemorates the life and work of Kim Ku, a Korean independence activist during the Japanese occupation of Korea.
Museum of Japanese Colonial History in Korea
Museum
Photo: Toobigtokale, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Museum of Japanese Colonial History in Korea is a privately owned history museum in the Yongsan District of Seoul, South Korea. Its collections cover the period between 1910 and 1945 when Korea was under Japanese rule.
Hyochang Park
Metro station
Photo: LERK, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hyochang Park station is a subway station on Seoul Subway Line 6 and the Gyeongui–Jungang Line. It is named after Hyochang Park. Nearby is the Hyochang Stadium, a small field capable of hosting sports events. The Yongsan district office is also nearby.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Namyeong-dong and Yeomni-dong.
Cheongam-dong
Quarter
Cheongam-dong is a dong of Yongsan District, Seoul, South Korea. It is a legal dong administered under its administrative dong, Wonhyoro 2-dong.
Hyochang Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Hyochang-dong, Yongsan, Seoul, Gyeonggi, South Korea, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.54467° or 37° 32′ 41″ northLongitude
126.96074° or 126° 57′ 39″ eastElevation
47 metres (154 feet)Open location code
8Q98GXV6+V7OpenStreetMap ID
way 221980510OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Hyochang Park” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hyochanggongwon”
- Chinese: “孝昌公园”
- Chinese: “孝昌园”
- Chinese: “孝昌陵园”
- Esperanto: “Parko Hjoĉang”
- French: “parc de Hyochang”
- French: “Parc de Hyochang”
- Japanese: “孝昌公園”
- Korean: “서울 효창공원”
- Korean: “효창 공원”
- Korean: “효창공원”
- Swedish: “Hyochanggongwon”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Tombs of the Three Martyrs in Hyochang Park and Tomb of Kim Koo.
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