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History. The earliest historical references to Yeongdeungpo were in the 1870s when it was considered to be the main port used in the defence of the city of Seoul.
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.
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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.
History. Being a vacant spot convenient to the capital of Joseon, Yeouido was used as a national pasture for sheep and goats according to a 16th-century geographical record. Yeouido remained for the most part an uninhabited sandbar prior to the construction of Korea's first airport in April 1924.
23,541. • Density. 12,000/km 2 (31,000/sq mi) Yeongdeungpo-dong is a dong, neighbourhood of Yeongdeungpo-gu in Seoul, South Korea. [1] [2]
Yeongdeungpo Park (Korean: 영등포공원) is a park in Yeongdeungpo-dong, Yeongdeungpo District, Seoul, South Korea. The park first opened to the public on July 8, 1998. From 1933 to 1997, the area used to be host to an Oriental Brewery (OB) factory.
