Yongsan District
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one of the districts (gu) of Seoul, South Korea
Key facts
- Country
- South Korea
- Region
- Sudogwon
- Special city
- Seoul
- District established
- 1896 (as Yongsan-bang), 1946 (Yongsan District)
- Body
- Yongsan-gu Council
- Mayor
- Park Hee-young ( Independent )
- Mna
- Kwon Young-se ( People Power )
- Total
- 21.87 km (8.44 sq mi)
- Density
- 9,380/km (24,290/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+9 ( Korea Standard Time )
- Postal code
- 04300 – 04499
- Area code s
- +82-2-7xx
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Seoul
- Country
- South Korea
- Located in
- Seoul
- Population
- 216152
- Area
- 21.87
- Official website
- english.yongsan.go.kr/site/en/index.jsp
- Image
- Seoul-Yongsan.gu-01.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Yongsan District
- twinned administrative body
- Quy Nhon
- Commons category
- Yongsan-gu, Seoul
- official blog URL
- blog.naver.com/ysnblog
- social media followers
- 12404
- native label
- 용산
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Encyclopedic overview
Yongsan District (Korean: 용산구; RR: Yongsan-gu, [jo̞ŋsʰa̠n ku]) is one of the 25 districts of Seoul, South Korea. It has a population of 231,685 (2020) and has a geographic area of 21.87 km (8.44 sq mi), and is divided into 19 dong (administrative neighborhoods). Yongsan is located near Downtown Seoul, on the northern bank of the Han River, bordering the city districts of Jung to the north, Mapo to the west, Yeongdeungpo and Dongjak to the southwest, Seocho and Gangnam District to the southeast, and Seongdong to the east.
Description
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