Samsan-dong is a ''
dong'', or neighborhood, of
Nam-gu in
Ulsan
Ulsan (; ), officially the Ulsan Metropolitan City, is South Korea's seventh-largest metropolitan city and the eighth-largest city overall, with a population of over 1.1 million inhabitants. It is located in the south-east of the country, neighbo ...
,
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...
. Samsan literally translates as "three mountains".
[ ] It is Ulsan's downtown area.
History
*1911 Previously Jungri, Samsan, Shilli, Daehyeon-myeon
*1914 Renamed to Samsanri-ro, Ulsan-gun
*June 1, 1962 Samsan-dong, Ulsan-si (city promotion in status)
*1972 Incorporated to Daldong, Ulsan-si
*March 2, 1995 Divided into Samsan-dong, Dal-dong
*July 15, 1997 Samsan-dong, Nam-gu, Ulsan Metropolitan City (promotion in status to metropolitan city)
Schools
Samsan Elementary School
Paekhap Elementary School
Samshin Elementary School
Ulsan Gangnam Middle School
Samsan High School
See also
*
South Korea portal
References
External linksUlsan Namgu home page
Nam District, Ulsan
Neighborhoods of South Korea
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