Gojan-dong () is

neighbourhood A neighbourhood (British English, Irish English, Australian English and Canadian English) or neighborhood (American English; see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town, suburb or rural are ...

Danwon-gu 'Danwon-gu'' is a district of the city of Ansan in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. The name `Danwon` came from the nickname of Kim Hong Do, a famous Korean artist of the 18th century. The previous name of Kim Hong Do's Hometown was "Ansan", the residen ...

Ansan Ansan (Hangeul: , ) is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It lies southwest of Seoul and is part of the Seoul National Capital Area. It is connected to Seoul by rail via Seoul Subway Line 4. It is situated on the Yellow Sea coast and so ...

Gyeonggi Province Gyeonggi-do (, ) is the most populous province in South Korea. Its name, ''Gyeonggi'', means "京 (the capital) and 畿 (the surrounding area)". Thus, ''Gyeonggi-do'' can be translated as "Seoul and the surrounding areas of Seoul". Seoul, the na ...

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 is officially divided into Gojan-1-dong and Gojan-2-dong. It is an important administrative point located in the center of Ansan, and is a densely formed area of institutions at various levels of the city. It is also a multi-family housing, officetel, and town complex complex residential area.

History

In the

joseon dynasty Joseon (; ; Middle Korean: 됴ᇢ〯션〮 Dyǒw syéon or 됴ᇢ〯션〯 Dyǒw syěon), officially the Great Joseon (; ), was the last dynastic kingdom of Korea, lasting just over 500 years. It was founded by Yi Seong-gye in July 1392 and re ...

, This place was Ansan Imhwameon Gojan-ri area. In 1914, the administrative district was changed to Gozan-ri, Suam-myeon, Siheung-gun. In 1986, it changed to An-san-Jung-dong. In 1988, Jungang-dong was divided into Gozan-1, Gozan-2, and Sungpo-dong. In 2003, the southern area where the population increased due to the move to Gozan New Town, Currently, the administrative district is composed of Gozan 1, Gozan 2, and Hosu Dong. The natural villages of Gojan-dong before the closing of the building include Dori Island, Chilban, Gojan Station, Plaintiffjan, and Jeokgeumgoeul, and the following legends are handed down in Jeokgeumgoeul. "A long time ago, an old woman lived in this village with her two sons. The old woman gave a prayer to Seonghwangdang, which she had brought to the ridge in front of her house for a year to help her two sons do well, and when the old monk appeared in her dream and dug the ground as told, gold came out." Since then, it is said that this village began to be called Jeokgeum, and after that, numerous people visited the mountain in the north of the village and dug up to mine gold.

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Gojan-1-dong

Gojan-2-dong

Hosu-dong
(in Korean) Danwon-gu Neighbourhoods in Ansan {{SouthKorea-geo-stub