Hosu-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 located in the center of the new city according to the second stage development plan of the new city in Ansan. It is a residential city where large-scale apartment and general housing are combined, and has various urban structures where education, culture, commerce, and business facilities are concentrated.

History

Gojan-dong, under the jurisdiction of Hosu-dong, was called Gojan-ri, Inhwa-myeon, Ansan-gun during 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 ...

, and was renamed Gojan-ri, Suam-myeon, Siheung-gun in 1914. There were Dori Island and Chilban as natural villages, and Dori Island is a village that looks like an island in the southwest of Gojan Station, and it is said to have been called Dori Island because it is wet when it is measured in Namyang area of Hwaseong-gun. Chilban was formed when refugees from Woongjin and Yeonbaek in Hwanghae-do were constructed on reclaimed land. Currently, many changes have been made through the creation of large-scale apartment complexes in accordance with the second stage development plan of Ansan New Town.

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Danwon-gu Neighbourhoods in Ansan {{SouthKorea-geo-stub