Dongjak-gu
is ane o the 25
gu
which mak up the ceety o
Seoul
,
Sooth Korea
. Its name wis derivit frae the Dongjaegi Naruteo Ferry, locatit on the
Han River
which borders the destrict tae the north. It wis the 17t
gu
creatit in Seoul, efter bein separatit frae
Gwanak-gu
on 1 Apryle 1980.
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The main seembol o Dongjak-gu is the
Snawy Heron
. A cartoon character namit
Roya
, a baby snawy-heron, can be seen on signs, banners, an even licht poles throuoot the
gu
. Accordin tae the offeecial wabsteid, uise o the snawy heron is meant tae seembolize the "clean, bonnie an noble spirit" o Dongjak's fowk. The
emblem
, foond at maist offeecial biggins, depicts the snawy heron soarin intae the sky.
Dongjak is hame tae some
KOSPI200
companies, includin
Nongshim
,
Honam Petrochemical
, an
Yuhan
.
Dongjak-gu is dividit intae 14
dong
, which are:
Dongjak-gu is hame tae
Chongshin Varsity
, the Seoul campus o
Chung-Ang Varsity
, an
Soongsil Varsity
.
Thare are mony notable sichts in Dongjak-gu. The maist famous is the
Naitional Cemetery
, locatit in Dongjak-dong. Additionally, several temples are locatit throuoot the waird. The Noryangjin Fish Mercat is notable an aw, as amaist hauf o the fish brocht tae the ceety comes throu here.
Boramae Park is a lairge pairk that wis uised as a airfield durin the Korean War. It nou haes several decommissioned aircraft on display. The pairk haes a lairge joggin track an aw, wirkoot equipment, a rock climbin waw, skeitch pairk, basketbaw courts, badminton courts, tennis courts, playgrunds, an Boramae Buddhist Temple. A Buy-the-Way sits in the centre o the pairk. Built in 2002, the Boramae Chereville is the 14t tawest biggin in Seoul an staunds on the edge o Boramae pairk.
- (
Yeongdeungpo-gu
) ←
Daebang
?
Noryangjin
→ (
Yongsan-gu
)
- (
Seocho-gu
) ←
Sadang
→ (
Gwanak-gu
) ←
Sindaebang
→ (
Guro-gu
)
- (
Yongsan-gu
) ←
Dongjak
?
Isu
?
Sadang Station
→ (
Seocho-gu
)
- (
Seocho-gu
) ←
Isu
?
Namseong
?
Soongsil University
?
Sangdo
?
Jangseungbaegi
?
Sindaebangsamgeori
→ (
Yeongdeungpo-gu
)
- Seoul Metro Line 9 Corporation
- (
Yeongdeungpo-gu
) ←
Noryangjin
?
Nodeul
?
Heukseok
?
Dongjak
→ (
Seocho-gu
)