Seongbuk District

Seongbuk Flag
Location of Seongbuk-gu in Seoul
Coordinates: 37°35′21″N 127°01′06″E / 37.58917°N 127.01833°E / 37.58917; 127.01833
Country	South Korea
Region	Sudogwon
Special City	Seoul
Administrative dong	30
Government
• Body	Seongbuk-gu Council
• Mayor	Lee Seung-ro (Democratic)
• MNAs	List of MNAs Kim Young-bae (Democratic) Ki Dong-min (Democratic)
Area
• Total	24.57 km2 (9.49 sq mi)
Population  (2010[1])
• Total	457,570
• Density	19,000/km2 (48,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Korea Standard Time)
Postal code	02700~02999
Area code	02-700,900
Website	Seongbuk-gu official website

Seongbuk District (Korean: 성북구; Hanja: 城北區; RR: Seongbuk-gu) is one of the 25 districts of Seoul, South Korea. The district is located in the mid-north part of the city.^[2] The current Mayor is Kim Young-bae (김영배), who has been mayor since July 1, 2010. Seongbuk-gu was established under Presidential Decree No. 159 on August 13, 1949 (including some areas of Dongdaemun-gu and some areas of Sungin-myeon, Goyang-gun), and was promoted to a autonomous district by implementing a Gu-level local government on May 1, 1988.

Administrative divisions

Seongbuk District consists of 20 administrative dongs (haengjeong-dong, 행정동) and 39 legal dongs (beopjeong-dong, 법정동).

• Anam-dong (안암동 安岩洞)
• Bomun-dong (보문동 普門洞)
• Donam-dong (돈암동 敦岩洞) 1~2
• Dongseon-dong (동선동 東仙洞) 1~2
• Dongsomun-dong (동소문동 東小門洞)
• Gireum-dong (길음동 吉音洞) 1~3
• Jangwi-dong (장위동 長位洞) 1~3
• Jeongneung-dong (정릉동 貞陵洞) 1~4
• Jongam-dong (종암동 鍾岩洞) 1~2
• Samseon-dong (삼선동 三仙洞) 1~2
• Sangwolgok-dong (상월곡동 上月谷洞)
• Seokgwan-dong (석관동 石串洞) 1~2
• Seongbuk-dong (성북동 城北洞) 1~2
• Wolgok-dong (월곡동 月谷洞) 1~4동
  • Hawolgok-dong (하월곡동 下月谷洞), beopjeong-dong administered by the haengjeong-dong offices of Wolgok 1 ~2 dong

Attractions

• Korea Furniture Museum^[3]

Transportation

Railroad

• Seoul Metro

• Seoul Subway Line 4

(Gangbuk-gu) ← Gireum—Sungshin's Women's University—Hansung University → (Jongno-gu)

• Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation

• Seoul Subway Line 6

(Jongno-gu) ← Bomun—Anam—Korea University—Wolgok—Sangwolgok—Dolgoji → (Nowon-gu)

• Ui LRT

Sister cities

• Shunyi, China

Notable people from Seongbuk District

• Um Ki-joon (Hangul: 엄기준), South Korean actor
• Bumkey (Real Name: Kwon Ki-bum, Hangul: 권기범), South Korean R&B singer-songwriter (born in Seongbuk District)
• Wendy (Real Name: Shon Seung-wan or Son Seung-wan, Hangul: 손승완), singer, dancer, model, MC and K-pop idol, member of K-pop girlgroup Red Velvet (born in Seongbuk District)
• Lee Jin-hyuk, singer, rapper and actor, member of Up10tion (born in Seongbuk District)
• Yoon Suk-yeol, 13th President of South Korea (born in Seongbuk District)
• Hwang Yun-seong, singer, dancer, idol and member of Drippin (born in Seongbuk District)
• Sim Jae-Yun ( known as. Jake ), singer, rapper, dancer, songwriter, a member of ENHYPEN (born in Seongbuk District)

• Yeonjun (Real Name: Choi Yeon-jun,Hangul: 최연준), rapper, singer-songwriter, dancer, Ambassador, MC and member of TXT(born in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, South Korea)

References

External links

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