Gwangjin-gu

Gwangjin-gu
Destrict
광진구 · 廣津區
Konkuk Varsity
Location o Gwangjin-gu in Seoul
Kintra	Sooth Korea
Region	Sudogwon
Special Ceety	Seoul
Admeenistrative dong	15
Area
• Total	23.92 km2 (9.24 sq mi)
Population  (2010[1])
• Total	368,021
• Density	15,000/km2 (40,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Korea Staundart Time)
Website	Gwangjin-gu official website

Gwangjin-gu is ane o the 25 wairds (gu) o Seoul, Sooth Korea. It is locatit on the north side o the Han River. It wis creatit frae neebourin Seongdong-gu in 1995.

Gwangjin-gu is hame tae Konkuk Varsity an Sejong Varsity.

The Konkuk Varsity aurie is a popular nichtlife destination featurin dozens o restaurants, bars, DVD rooms, an puil hooses caterin tae a maistly younger croud, hintle lik the auries o Sinchon an Hongdae. The aurie is a burgeonin shoppin destrict wi several boutiques croppin up athin the newly designatit Rodeo Street an the openin o the Star City shoppin centre an aw, whilk featurs an E-Mart, a Lotte Cinema, a Burger King, a Krispy Kreme, a lairge video gemme arcade an numerous ither restaurants an specialty shops.

Athort frae Sejong Varsity is Children's Grand Park. The pairk featurs mony foontains an walkin trails, a zoo, an an amusement pairk.

In the centre o Gwangjin-gu, Thare is Gangbyeon unnergrund station. At the left o this station, Thare is East-Seoul Bus Terminal. In this Terminal, a wheen o buses rinnin tae mony ceeties an coonties - includin Busan, Gwangju, Daegu, Daejeon, an mair - depairt. Tae the richt o this station, thare is a muckle biggin sellin aw kynds o uiseful electronics cried Techno Mart. Mony kynds o computers, printers, mobile phones, cameras, MP3 players, an even refrigerators are sauld in this biggin whilk is lik Akihabara in Tokyo.

Locatit in the northeastren section o Gwangjin-gu is the W Seoul Walkerhill, ane o Seoul's premiere five-starn hotels. The hotel featurs ane o anerlie three casinos in Seoul.

1. ↑ Korean Statistical Information Service (Korean) > Population and Household > Census Result (2010) > Population by Administrative district, Sex and Age / Alien by Administrative district and Sex, Retrieved 2010-06-02.