Sangam-dong

Sangam-dong
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	상암동
• Hanja	上岩洞
• Revised Romanization	Sang am dong
• McCune–Reischauer	Sang am dong
Country	South Korea
Area
• Total	8.38 km^2 (3.24 sq mi)
Population  (2008)[1]
• Total	19,535
• Density	2,330/km^2 (6,040/sq mi)

Sangam-dong (Korean: 상암동) is a legal dong (neighborhood) of Mapo District, Seoul, South Korea.^[1][2][3] In the wake of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, a large apartment complex and Digital Media City (DMC) business district have been created and developed into the center of western Seoul.

Attractions and notable landmarks

• Nanjido (난지도 蘭芝島) used to be a separate island that was used as a landfill. It has since been redeveloped into World Cup Park (월드컵공원) which includes a number of smaller parks:
  • Millennium Park (밀레니엄공원)
  • Sky Park (하늘공원)
  • Pyeonghwa Park (평화공원 平和公園)
  • Noeul Park (노을공원)
  • Nanjicheon Park (난지천공원)
  • Hangang Citizens' Nanji Park (한강시민난지공원)
• Korean Film Archive (한국영상자료원)
  • Jodin Leeso Korean Film Museum (한국 영화 박물관)
  • Cinematheque KOFA (시네마테크 KOFA)
  • Korean Film Referential Library (영상 자료실)
• Seoul World Cup Stadium
• The studios of most major broadcasting companies are located in Digital Media City within Sangam-dong.^[4][5]

Education

Schools located in Sangam-dong:

• Japanese School in Seoul^[6]
• Sangam Elementary School
• Sangji Elementary School
• Seoul Haneul Elementary School
• Sangam Middle School
• Sangam High School

See also

• Administrative divisions of South Korea

References

1. "Status quo and features" (in Korean). Mapo District official site. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
2. 상암동 (Sangam-dong 上岩洞) (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 2006-02-22. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
3. "The origin of the dong' name (Sangam-dong 상암동)" (in Korean). Mapo District official site. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
4. "JTBC·SBS·MBC "상암 DMC서 만나요"". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). 5 February 2012.
5. "상암 DMC, 첨단미디어와 재미의 완벽한 궁합!" (in Korean). Seoul Metropolitan Government. 10 August 2020.
6. Home page. Japanese School in Seoul. Retrieved on January 15, 2015. See address here^{[permanent dead link]} "ソウル特別市麻浦区上岩洞1582"

• "Chronicle of Beopjeong-dong and Haengjeong-dong" (in Korean). Guro District Official website. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
• "Mapo Information". The chart of legal dong assigned by administrative dong (행정동별 관할 법정동 일람표) (in Korean). Mapo District Official website.

External links

• Mapo District official website in English
• Map of Mapo District at the Mapo District official website
• Sky Park at Official Seoul City Tourism Archived 2012-06-16 at the Wayback Machine
• (in Korean) Map of Mapo District at the Mapo District official website
• (in Korean) Sangam-dong resident office website
• (in Korean) Sangam-dong map

37°34′15″N 126°52′50″E / 37.57083°N 126.88056°E / 37.57083; 126.88056