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Yeongdeungpo District ( Korean : 영등포구 ; RR : Yeongdeungpo-gu) is an administrative district in southwest Seoul, South Korea. Although the origin of the name is uncertain, the first two syllables are thought to be from " yeongdeung " (靈登) or "divine ascent", a shamanic rite. [2] The third syllable is " po ", representing the bank of ...
Yeouido. McCune–Reischauer. Yŏŭido. Yeouido ( Korean : 여의도 ; lit. Yeoui Island) is a large island (or ait) on the Han River in Seoul, South Korea. It is Seoul's main finance and investment banking district. It is 8.4 square kilometres (3.2 sq mi) large and has a population of 32,674 as of August 2023. [1]
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Yeongdeungpo District is an administrative district in southwest Seoul, South Korea. Although the origin of the name is uncertain, the first two syllables are thought to be from "yeongdeung" (靈登) or "divine ascent", a shamanic rite. The third syllable is "po", representing the bank of a river (浦), referring to the district's position on the Han River. The 2006 population was 408,819.
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Except for Yeouido and Yanghwa-dong, Yeongdeungpo belonged to old Siheung County. In 1936, Yeongdeungpo (except for today's Daerim-dong) was annexed to Gyeongseong (today's Seoul). In 1949, some parts of Siheung County were ceded to Yeongdeungpo District of Seoul. These sections are today's Guro-dong, Sindorim-dong, Daerim-dong and Sindaebang-dong.
The Yeongdeungpo-gu area at the time of the late Joseon Dynasty ( 1896) [7] It was generally on the outskirts of Geumcheon-hyeon (current Geumcheon-gu Gaeupchi). Geumcheon-hyeon changed its name to Geumcheon (1413), and Geumcheon-hyeon itself merged with Gwacheon-hyeon in the nearby Gwacheon-si area and Yangcheon-hyeon, which is now Gangseo-gu / Yangcheon-gu , and then split ( 1414).
Yeongdeungpo A. Yeongdeungpo A ( Korean : 영등포구 갑) is a constituency of the National Assembly of South Korea. The constituency consists of portions of Yeongdeungpo District, Seoul. As of 2020, 187,997 eligible voters were registered in the constituency. The constituency was created in 1988 from the Yeongdeungpo constituency.
