Geumcheon District (Geumcheon-gu) is one of the 25 ''gu'' (districts) of

Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the Capital city, capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the North Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea ...

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

. It was created from southern parts of ''Guro-gu'' and tiny sections from Gwangmyeong in 1995. Its district office is located in front of Siheung Station, now Geumcheon-gu Office Station, in Siheung-dong. Geumcheon-gu is located in the southwest corner of the city, south of the Han River. It is bordered on the west by the Anyang River, and partially on the east by Gwanak Mountain, a dominating part of Seoul's southern skyline. Many technology companies are housed in Geumcheon-gu and several large headquarters are located here, albeit the income level of Seoulites here is lower than average. The Gyeongbu railway from

Seoul Station Seoul Station is a major railway station in Seoul, the capital of South Korea. The station is served by the Korail Intercity Lines and the commuter trains of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway. Services KTX Seoul Station is the terminus of mos ...

to Busan station passes through, as well as Seoul Subway Lines 1 and 7. The mayor of this district has been Cha Sung-su (차성수) since July 2010.

Administrative divisions

Gasan-dong Gasan-dong is a '' dong'' (neighbourhood) of Geumcheon-gu in Seoul, South Korea. See also *Administrative divisions of South Korea South Korea is made up of 17 first-tier administrative divisions: 6 metropolitan cities (''gwangyeoksi'' ...

(가산동 加山洞) *

Doksan-dong Doksan-dong is a '' dong'', neighbourhood of Geumcheon-gu in Seoul, South Korea. See also * Administrative divisions of South Korea References External linksGeumcheon-gu official websiteGeumcheon-gu mapat the Geumcheon-gu official websit ...

(독산동 禿山洞) *

Siheung-dong Siheung-dong is a '' dong'', neighbourhood of Geumcheon-gu in Seoul, South Korea. See also * Administrative divisions of South Korea References External linksGeumcheon-gu official websiteGeumcheon-gu mapat the Geumcheon-gu official websi ...

(시흥동 始興洞)

Welfare

Dreaming tree (Geumcheon-gu 'ggumna')

Dreaming Tree (hereinafter referred to as ‘ggumna’) is a Hue cafe-a youth cultural space-operated by Geumcheon-gu Office.

Transportation

Railroad

* Korail ;*

Seoul Subway Line 1 Seoul Metropolitan Subway Line 1 of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway is a rapid transit and commuter rail line which links central Seoul, South Korea to Soyosan Station in the northeast, Incheon in the southwest, and Sinchang (Soonchunhyang Univ ...

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Gyeongbu Line The Gyeongbu Line (''Gyeongbuseon'') is a railway line in South Korea and is considered to be the most important and one of the oldest ones in the country. It was constructed in 1905, connecting Seoul with Busan via Suwon, Daejeon, and Daegu. ...

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Guro-gu Guro District (Guro-gu) is a district of Seoul, South Korea, which was separated from Yeongdeungpo District on April 1, 1980. Located in the southwestern part of the city, where besides Yangcheon District and Geumcheon District Guro District ...

) ← Gasan Digital Complex— Doksan— Geumcheon-gu Office (formerly Siheung Sta.) → (

Anyang Anyang (; ) is a prefecture-level city in Henan province, China. The northernmost city in Henan, Anyang borders Puyang to the east, Hebi and Xinxiang to the south, and the provinces of Shanxi and Hebei to its west and north respectively. It had ...

) *

Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation (SMRT) was established in 1994 to operate the Seoul Subway lines 5, 6, 7, 8 in Seoul, South Korea. The corporation operated a total of 201 subway trains at 148 stations on lines 5-8. The operatio ...

Seoul Subway Line 7 Seoul Subway Line 7 of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway was built from 1990 to 1996 ( Jangam- Konkuk Univ.) and was completed on August 1, 2000 (central section 17 km. Konkuk University to Sinpung); the western section between Sinpung and ...

;;;(

) ← Gasan Digital Complex → ( Gwangmyeong)

References

External links

Official site

Education Institutions

*Universities Graduate Schools **

Seoul University of Buddhism ''islom imomnazarov'' Seoul University of Buddhism ( ko, 서울불교대학원대학교) is a university and graduate school in South Korea. It is headquartered in Geumcheon-gu, Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, ...

*Highschools ** Geumcheon Highschool ** Doksan Highschool ** Dongil Girls' Highschool ** Dongil Girls' Commercial Highschool ** Moonil Highschool ** Traditional Arts Highschool *Lifelong Education ** Geongil Management Information Highschool {{Authority control Districts of Seoul