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Jung

Jung is in , constituting the southern half of the historic core of Seoul, along with Jongno. Jung is busier than its tranquil neighbor, with hundreds of offices buildings and endless streets of frantic shopping, but scattered among the hustle and bustle are more historic gems.
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  • Type: Borough with 121,000 residents
  • Description: one of the districts (gu) of Seoul, South Korea
  • Also known as: “Jung District”, “Jung District, Seoul”, “Jung-gu”, and “Seoul/Jung”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Myeongdong Cathedral and Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seoul.

Church
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The Cathedral Church of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, informally known as , is the national cathedral of the .

Church
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The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Seoul is a Metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church comprising the metropolitan area of , , whose province comprises parts of South Korea and all , yet depends on the missionary Dicastery for Evangelization.

Stadium
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The is an indoor sporting arena located in Jung District, Seoul, South Korea. Volleyball teams GS Caltex Seoul Kixx and Seoul Woori Card Woori Won are the tenants.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jongno and Insa-dong.

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is in , and constitutes the northern half of the historic core of Seoul, along with Jung, the southern half. As the soul of Seoul, is home to a plethora of beautiful Joseon Dynasty palaces, shrines, temples, parks, historic neighborhoods, and other traditional sights.

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is a dong, or neighborhood, in , , South Korea. Its main street is Insadong-gil, which is connected to a number of alleys that lead deeper into the district, with modern galleries and tea shops.

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is a dong of Jung District, Seoul, South Korea.

Jung

Latitude
37.56366° or 37° 33′ 49″ north
Longitude
126.99751° or 126° 59′ 51″ east
Population
121,000
Elevation
50 metres (164 feet)
Open location code
8Q98HX7X+F2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 415153886
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­borough
Geo­Names ID
1845068
Wiki­data ID
Q50441
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Jung” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “منطقة جونغ”
  • Armenian: “Ջունգ”
  • Catalan: “Jung-gu”
  • Cebuano: “Jung-gu”
  • Central Kurdish: “ناوچەی جونگ، سێئول”
  • Chinese: “Jung Khu”
  • Chinese: “中区”
  • Chinese: “中區”
  • Danish: “Jung-gu”
  • Dutch: “Jung District”
  • Esperanto: “Centra Distrikto”
  • Esperanto: “Ĝun-ku”
  • Esperanto: “Ĝun”
  • Esperanto: “Ĝung-ku”
  • Esperanto: “Ĝung”
  • Esperanto: “Jung-gu”
  • Esperanto: “Jung”
  • Esperanto: “Meza Distrikto”
  • Estonian: “Jungi linnarajoon”
  • Estonian: “Jungi ringkond”
  • French: “Jung-gu”
  • German: “Jung-gu”
  • Greek: “Τζουνγκ-γκου”
  • Hebrew: “ג’ונג”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז ג’ונג”
  • Hungarian: “Csung-ku”
  • Ido: “Jung-gu”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Jung, Seoul”
  • Interlingue: “Jung-gu (Seoul)”
  • Interlingue: “Jung-gu”
  • Irish: “Ceantar Jung”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Jung”
  • Italian: “Jung-gu”
  • Japanese: “中区”
  • Korean: “서울 중구”
  • Korean: “서울시 중구”
  • Korean: “서울특별시 중구”
  • Korean: “중구”
  • Lithuanian: “Džung-gu, Seulas”
  • Lithuanian: “Džung-gu”
  • Malay: “Daerah Jung, Seoul”
  • Malay: “Daerah Jung”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Jung Khu”
  • Northern Frisian: “Jung (Steedkreis)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Jung”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jung-gu”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jung-gu”
  • Persian: “ناحیه جونگ”
  • Russian: “Чунгу”
  • Russian: “Чунку”
  • Scots: “Jung-gu, Seoul”
  • Scots: “Jung-gu”
  • Slovenian: “Jung”
  • Spanish: “Jung-gu”
  • Swedish: “Jung-gu, Seoul”
  • Swedish: “Jung-gu”
  • Thai: “เขตชุง”
  • Turkish: “Jung, Seul”
  • Turkish: “Jung”
  • Ukrainian: “Район Чун”
  • Urdu: “جونگ ضلع، سیول”
  • Vietnamese: “Jung-gu, Seoul”
  • Vietnamese: “Jung-gu”
  • Yue Chinese: “中區 (首爾)”
  • “Jung-gu”

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