Yeoksam-dong

Yeoksam-dong () is a ward of Gangnam District, Seoul, South Korea. Teheran-ro runs through Yeoksam-dong and has some of the tallest buildings in Seoul, comprising a collection of corporate headquarters and high-rise office buildings.

==History== The region was historically part of Gwacheon, but it later became part of Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province. The region originally was a hub in the horse road system that was created during the Joseon dynasty, and was home to three horse stations called yeoks. These were later merged as a single administrative division in 1914, and thus was called Yeoksamri. When it was initially incorporated into the Seoul metropolitan area in 1963, it was part of Seongdong district but it was later transferred to Gangnam district in 1975.