Seo District (Seo-gu, 서구) is a ''gu'', or district, in western

Daegu Daegu (, , literally 'large hill', 대구광역시), formerly spelled Taegu and officially known as the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea. It is the third-largest urban agglomeration in South Korea after Seoul and Busan; it is ...

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. A major transportation nexus, it is transected by the

Gyeongbu The name Gyeongbu refers to the Seoul-Busan corridor in South Korea. It is used as the name of the Gyeongbu railway line and Gyeongbu Expressway, both of which connect Seoul—the South Korean capital and largest city—to Busan—t ...

, Guma, and Jungang Expressways. It is also connected to the downtown region and to Dalseong County by

Daegu Subway Line 2 Daegu Metro Line 2 is the second rapid transit line in the South Korean city of Daegu. It is operated by the Daegu Metropolitan Transit Corporation. The line first began running from Munyang to Sawol on 18 October 2005, a distance of . The lin ...

. The

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. ...

railroad also passes through Seo-gu, but no major stations are located there. Seo-gu stands at the western edge of Daegu's urbanized region. It is bounded by the downtown Jung-gu district to the east, by

Dalseo-gu Dalseo District (Dalseo-gu) is a district in western Daegu, South Korea. It borders Dalseong-gun on the north, south, and west, and Seo-gu and Nam-gu on the east. It has a population of about 610,000, and an area of 62.27 square kilometers. The ...

to the south and Buk-gu to the north, and by the largely rural area of

Dalseong-gun Dalseong County (Dalseong-gun) is a ''gun'' occupying much of south and western Daegu, South Korea. A largely rural district lying along the Nakdong River, it makes up nearly half of Daegu's total area. It is divided in half by a narrow piece ...

to the west. Most of the western third of Seo-gu is taken up by the rural Sangjungi-dong precinct.

Twin towns – sister cities

Seo District is twinned with: *

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, Philippines *

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, Philippines * Hexi (Tianjin), China * Keqiao (Shaoxing), China

Notable people from Seo District

* Kim Tae-hyung known by his stage name V, actor, singer-songwriter, dancer, record producer, composer and member of one of the most successful boyband and best selling artist ever in South Korea,

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is native of Seo District, Daegu.

References

External links

Official site
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Twin towns – sister cities

Notable people from Seo District

See also

References

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