Sanggye-dong () is a ''
dong'' (neighbourhood) of
Nowon District
Nowon District () is one of the List of districts of Seoul, 25 districts of Seoul, South Korea, located in the most northeastern part of the metropolitan city. It is considered to be a residental district, due to its high concentration of apartme ...
,
Seoul
Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities b ...
, South Korea.
It was founded in the 1960s by
squatters
Squatting is the action of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied area of land or a building (usually residential) that the squatter does not own, rent or otherwise have lawful permission to use. The United Nations estimated in 2003 that there wer ...
and by the 1980s there were approximately 1,000 squatter households and 600 tenants.
In 1985, it was declared a redevelopment zone. Most people left and some resisted before being evicted forcibly.
See also
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Administrative divisions of South Korea
South Korea is made up of 22 first-tier administrative divisions: 6 List of special cities of South Korea#Position in hierarchy and types, metropolitan cities (''gwangyeoksi'' ), 1 List of special cities of South Korea, special city (''teukbyeo ...
References
Further reading
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External links
Nowon District Official site in EnglishNowon District Official siteSanggye 1-dong Resident office
Neighborhoods of Nowon District
Squats
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