Geumcheon District (Geumcheon-gu) is one of the 25 ''gu'' (districts) of Seoul, South Korea. It was created from southern parts of ''Guro-gu'' and tiny sections from

Gwangmyeong Gwangmyeong (; Korean: 광명시) is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It borders Seoul to the east, north and northeast, Anyang to the southeast, Siheung to the southwest, and Bucheon to the northeast. Gwangmyeong is home to one of the ...

in 1995. Its district office is located in front of

Siheung Station Geumcheon-gu Office Station, formerly known as Siheung Station, is a station on the Line 1 of the Seoul Subway, as well as the Gyeongbu Line. Commuter rail trains on Line 1 travel southwards from here to Anyang, Suwon, Pyeongtaek and Cheonan Stat ...

, 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 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. ...

from Seoul Station 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 (가산동 加山洞) * Doksan-dong (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 South Korea is made up of 17 first-tier administrative divisions: 6 metropolitan cities (''gwangyeoksi'' ) ...

(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 The Korea Railroad Corporation (Korean: 한국철도공사, Hanja: ), branded as KORAIL (코레일, officially changed to in November 2019), is the national railway operator in South Korea. Currently, KORAIL is a public corporation, managed ...

;* Seoul Subway Line 1 ( Gyeongbu Line) ;;;( Guro-gu) ← 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 a ...

) * Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation ;* Seoul Subway Line 7 ;;;( Guro-gu) ← Gasan Digital Complex → (

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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 Geumcheon District (Geumcheon-gu) is one of the Seoul#Administrative divisions, 25 ''gu'' (districts) of Seoul, South Korea. It was created from southern parts of ''Guro-gu'' and tiny sections from Gwangmyeong in 1995. Its district office is locat ...

** 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