Seongbuk District

Seongbuk 성북구
Autonomous District
성북구 · 城北區
Location of Seongbuk-gu in Seoul Location of Seongbuk-gu in Seoul
Country	South Korea
Region	Sudogwon
Special City	Seoul
Administrative dong	30
Government
• Mayor	Kim Young-bae (김영배)
Area
• Total	24.57 km2 (9.49 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	457,570
• Density	19,000/km2 (48,000/sq mi)
Time zone	Korea Standard Time (UTC+9)
Website	Seongbuk-gu official website

Seongbuk District (Seongbuk-gu) is one of the 25 gu which make up the city of Seoul, South Korea. It is located in the mid-north part of the city. The current Mayor is Kim Young-bae (김영배), who has been mayor since July 1, 2010.

Administrative divisions

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Administrative divisions

Seongbuk District consists of 20 administrative dongs (haengjeong-dong, 행정동) and 39 legal dongs (beopjeong-dong, 법정동).

• Anam-dong (안암동 安岩洞)
• Bomun-dong (보문동 普門洞)
• Donam-dong (돈암동 敦岩洞) 1∼2
• Dongseon-dong (동선동 東仙洞) 1∼2
• Dongsomun-dong (동소문동 東小門洞)
• Gireum-dong (길음동 吉音洞) 1∼3
• Jangwi-dong (장위동 長位洞) 1∼3
• Jeongneung-dong (정릉동 貞陵洞) 1∼4
• Jongam-dong (종암동 鍾岩洞) 1∼2
• Samseon-dong (삼선동 三仙洞) 1∼2
• Sangwolgok-dong (상월곡동 上月谷洞)
• Seokgwan-dong (석관동 石串洞) 1∼2
• Seongbuk-dong (성북동 城北洞) 1∼2
• Wolgok-dong (월곡동 月谷洞) 1∼4동
  • Hawolgok-dong (하월곡동 下月谷洞), beopjeong-dong administered by the haengjeong-dong offices of Wolgok 1 ~2 dong

Attractions

• Korea Furniture Museum

Transportation

Railroad

• Seoul Metro

• Seoul Subway Line 4

(Gangbuk-gu) ← Gireum—Sungshin's Women's University—Hansung University → (Jongno-gu)

• Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation

• Seoul Subway Line 6

(Jongno-gu) ← Bomun—Anam—Korea University—Wolgok—Sangwolgok—Dolgoji → (Nowon-gu)

Sister cities

• Shunyi, China

External links

• Official English website