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Dong District () is a '' gu'' (district) in northeastern part of
* Ansim-dong
* Bangchon-dong
* Bullobongmu-dong
* Dongchon-dong
* Dopyeong-dong
* Gongsan-dong
* Haean-dong
* Hyomok-dong
* Jijeo-dong
* Sinam-dong
* Sincheon-dong
Korea Daeguhwagyo Elementary School
" International School Information, Government of South Korea. Retrieved on March 30, 2016.
Official site, in English
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Daegu
Daegu (; ), formerly spelled Taegu and officially Daegu Metropolitan City (), is a city in southeastern South Korea. It is the third-largest urban agglomeration in South Korea after Seoul and Busan; the fourth-largest List of provincial-level ci ...
of South Korea. Daegu itself lies in the southeastern part of the Korean Peninsula
Korea is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and smaller islands. Since the end of World War II in 1945, it has been politically divided at or near the 38th parallel between North Korea (Dem ...
. It has a population of 343,678. The district covers 182.35 km², for about 20% of Daegu's total area.
Dong-gu first emerged as the "eastern district office" () in 1938. It achieved ''gu'' status in 1963. In 1998, the administrative divisions were reorganized, and the former 26 ''dong'' were reorganized as 20 ''dong''.
Administrative divisions
* Ansim-dong
* Bangchon-dong
* Bullobongmu-dong
* Dongchon-dong
* Dopyeong-dong
* Gongsan-dong
* Haean-dong
* Hyomok-dong
* Jijeo-dong
* Sinam-dong
* Sincheon-dong
Education
International schools in Dong-gu include: *Daegu International School
Daegu International School (DIS; ) is an international school in Dong-gu, Daegu, South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and ...
*Daegu Chinese Elementary School or Korea Daeguhwagyo Elementary School (한국대구화교초등학교)" International School Information, Government of South Korea. Retrieved on March 30, 2016.
Sister cities
*Huangshan
Huangshan ( zh, s=黄山),Bernstein, pp. 125–127. literally meaning the Yellow Mountain(s), is a mountain range in southern Anhui province in eastern China. It was originally called "Yishan", and it was renamed because of a legend that Em ...
, China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
Notes and references
See also
*Subdivisions of South Korea
South Korea is made up of 22 first-tier administrative divisions: 6 metropolitan cities (''gwangyeoksi'' ), 1 special city (''teukbyeolsi'' ), 1 special self-governing city (''teukbyeol-jachisi'' ), and 14 provinces ('' do'' ), including th ...
*Geography of South Korea
South Korea is located in East Asia, on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula located out from the far east of the Asian landmass. The only country that shares a land border with South Korea is North Korea, lying to the north with of ...
External links
Official site, in English
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