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Pyeongchang-dong

Place in South Korea

Pyeongchang-dong
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	평창동
• Hanja	平倉洞
• Revised Romanization	Pyeongchang dong
• McCune–Reischauer	P'yongch'ang tong

Country	South Korea
Area
• Total	8.92 km² (3.44 sq mi)
Population (2006)^[1]
• Total	19,645
• Density	2,200/km² (5,700/sq mi)

Pyeongchang-dong is a dong, neighbourhood of Jongno-gu in Seoul, South Korea.^[1]^[2]

Sometimes called the "Beverly Hills of Seoul" (a title shared with but more prominently held by the Gangnam District), due to it being a preferred residential location for Korean celebrities, it still remains a common location used in Korean films and television. It is unusual to most communities in Seoul, in that it is nestled in the Bugak Mountains, being surrounded on almost all sides, having the feeling of a wooded resort-like suburb. Many multi-story American style homes fill the community, even though being primarily mountainous, with roads as steep as those in San Francisco.

References

^ ^a ^b "Status quo of Pyeongchang-dong" (in Korean). Pyeongchang Resident office website. Archived from the original on 2013-02-18. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
^ "평창동 (Pyeongchang-dong 平倉洞)" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2008-04-23.^{[permanent dead link]}

"종로구 (Jongno-gu 鍾路區)" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2008-04-22.^{[permanent dead link]}
"Chronicle of Beopjeong-dong and Haengjeong-dong" (in Korean). Guro-gu Official website.
"Mapo Information". The chart of Beopjeong-dong assigned by Haengjeong-dong (행정동별 관할 법정동 일람표) (in Korean). Mapo-gu Official website. Archived from the original on 2007-11-05.