Gangseo District (Gangseo-gu) (

Hangul The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The l ...

: 강서구,

Hanja Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom. (, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, ...

: 江西區, ) is one of the 25 wards (''gu'') of

Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the Capital city, capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the North Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea ...

, South Korea. It is located on the south side of the Han River. Gimpo Airport is in

Gonghang-dong Gonghang-dong is a ''dong'', neighbourhood of Gangseo-gu in Seoul, South Korea. The name ''gonghang'' literally means "airport," which is due to Gimpo Airport (김포공항, ) located in the area. Korean Air's headquarters, Korean Airport Servi ...

, where many flights fly to cities like

Busan Busan (), officially known as is South Korea's most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.4 million inhabitants. Formerly romanized as Pusan, it is the economic, cultural and educational center of southeastern South Korea ...

, Jeju, and

Gwangju Gwangju () is South Korea's sixth-largest metropolis. It is a designated metropolitan city under the direct control of the central government's Home Minister. The city was also the capital of South Jeolla Province until the provincial offic ...

Administrative divisions

* Balsan-dong (발산동 鉢山洞) * Banghwa-dong (방화동 傍花洞) *

Gaehwa-dong Banghwa-dong is a '' dong'', neighbourhood of Gangseo-gu in Seoul, South Korea. Eastarjet has its headquarters in Banghwa 2-dong. Name The dong was named banghwa, because of the flowers that were abundant in Gaehwa Mountain Gaehwa-dong G ...

(개화동 開花洞) --- called "''beopjeongdong''" administered by Banghwa-dong *

Deungchon-dong Deungchon-dong is a ''dong'', neighbourhood of Gangseo-gu in Seoul, South Korea. Attractions Jin Air has its headquarters in Deungchon-dong. SBS Open Hall, located in Deungchon-dong, is the broadcast and recording centre of many Seoul Broadcas ...

(등촌동 登村洞) *

Gayang-dong Gayang-dong is a '' dong'', neighbourhood of Gangseo-gu in Seoul, South Korea. Attractions * Heojun Museum See also *Administrative divisions of South Korea South Korea is made up of 17 first-tier administrative divisions: 6 metropolit ...

(가양동 加陽洞) *

Magok-dong Magok-dong is a '' dong'', neighbourhood of Gangseo-gu in Seoul, South Korea. It is a legal dong (법정동 ) managed by its administrative dong (행정동 ), Gayang 1-dong. See also *Administrative divisions of South Korea South Korea ...

(마곡동 麻谷洞) --- called "''beopjeongdong''" administered by Balsan-dong *

(공항동 空港洞) *

Gwahae-dong Gwahae-dong is a '' dong'', neighbourhood of Gangseo-gu in Seoul, South Korea. It is a legal dong (법정동 ) managed by its administrative dong (행정동 ), Gonghang-dong. The Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board (ARAIB) has i ...

(과해동 果海洞) --- called "''beopjeongdong''" administered by

Ogok-dong Ogok-dong is a '' dong'', neighbourhood of Gangseo-gu, Seoul, South Korea. It is a legal dong (법정동 法定洞) managed by its administrative dong (행정동 行政洞), Gonghang-dong. See also *Administrative divisions of South Korea S ...

(오곡동 五谷洞) --- called "''beopjeongdong''" administered by

Osoe-dong Osoe-dong is a '' dong'', neighbourhood of Gangseo-gu in Seoul, South Korea. It is a legal dong (법정동 ) managed by its administrative dong (행정동 ), Gonghang-dong. Asiana Airlines maintains its headquarters, Asiana Town, in Osoe-dong. ...

(오쇠동 五釗洞) --- called "''beopjeongdong''" administered by

Hwagok-dong Hwagok-dong is a ''dong'', neighbourhood of Gangseo-gu in Seoul, South Korea. Attractions * 88 Gymnasium - Lee Min Woo of Shinhwa held his first solo concert entitled "M's Girl Friend", on 14 and 15 January 2006.Yeomchang-dong Yeomchang-dong is a '' dong'', neighbourhood of Gangseo-gu in Seoul, South Korea. Name The dong is named after a salt storage that originally existed in the region, which stored salt that was acquired in the western seas and transported through ...

(염창동 鹽倉洞)

Economy

The Korea Airports Corporation headquarters, Korean Air's headquarters, Korean Airport Service, Ltd., and Air Total Service are located in

in Gangseo District.

Asiana Airlines Asiana Airlines Inc. ( ) is a South Korean airline headquartered in Seoul.Home
." Asiana Airlines. Retrieved 13 September 2 ...

's headquarters are located in Asiana Town in

, Gangseo District. Jin Air has its headquarters in

, Gangseo District.

Eastarjet Eastar Jet (ESR) () is a South Korean low-cost airline with its headquarters in Banghwa-dong, Gangseo-gu, Seoul. On January 7, 2009, Eastar Jet made its maiden flight from Gimpo International Airport to Jeju International Airport. Now, the a ...

has its headquarters in Banghwa 2-dong.

Government and infrastructure

The

Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board The Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board (ARAIB, ko, 항공ㆍ철도사고조사위원회) is an agency of the South Korean government that investigates aviation and railway accidents, subservient to the Ministry of Land, Infrastru ...

(ARAIB) FDR/CVR Analysis and Wreckage Laboratory is on the property of

Gimpo International Airport Gimpo International Airport (), commonly known as Gimpo Airport , formerly rendered in English as Kimpo International Airport, is located in the far western end of Seoul, some west of the Central District of Seoul. Gimpo was the main intern ...

, Gangseo District. Previously the ARAIB had its headquarters in

, Gangseo District.Office Location
"
Archive
Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board. Retrieved on February 15, 2012. "Main Office:281, Gonghang-dong, Gangseo-gu, Seoul, Republic. of Korea 157-815" and "CVR/FDR analysis and wreckage laboratory : Gimpo International Airport 274 Gwahae-dong, Gangseo-gu, Seoul, Korea 157–711" The ARAIB headquarters are now in

Sejong City Sejong (; ), officially the Sejong Special Self-Governing City (), is a special self-governing city and ''de facto'' administrative capital of South Korea. Sejong was founded in 2007 as the new planned capital of South Korea from many parts of ...

Attractions

* Heojun Museum * SBS Open Hall

Transportation

Railway

*Airport Railroad Co., Ltd. ;*

AREX AREX (Airport Railroad Express) is a South Korean commuter rail line that links Incheon International Airport with Seoul Station via Gimpo International Airport. The section between the two airports opened on March 23, 2007, and line was exten ...

;;;(

Gyeyang District Gyeyang District (Gyeyang-gu) is a ward in Incheon, South Korea. History The first historical record of Gyeyang-gu goes back to the Goguryeo kingdom in 470 AD under the name of Jubuto-gun. It was renamed to Bupyeong-dohobu in 1413 AD. It was lat ...

Incheon Incheon (; ; or Inch'ŏn; literally "kind river"), formerly Jemulpo or Chemulp'o (제물포) until the period after 1910, officially the Incheon Metropolitan City (인천광역시, 仁川廣域市), is a city located in northwestern South Kore ...

) ← Gimpo Airport → (

Goyang Goyang (''Goyang-si''; ) is a city in Gyeonggi Province in the north of South Korea. It is part of the Seoul Capital Area, making Goyang one of Seoul's satellite cities. It is one of the largest cities in the Seoul Capital Area, with a popula ...

), (

Eunpyeong District Eunpyeong District (은평구, ''Eunpyeong-gu'') is one of the 25 districts of Seoul, South Korea. Eunpyeong has a population of 450,583 (2010) and has a geographic area of 29.7 km2 (11.5 sq mi), and is divided into 16 ''dong'' (administrative n ...

) *

Seoul Metro Seoul Transportation Corporation, branded as Seoul Metro (Hangul: ), is a municipal-owned corporation owned by Seoul Metropolitan Government, and one of the two major operators of Seoul Metropolitan Subway with Korail. History * May 31, 2017 ...

Seoul Subway Line 2 Seoul Subway Line 2 ( ko, 서울 지하철 2호선), also known as the Circle Line, is a circular line of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway. The line running clockwise is called the "inner circle line" and the counter-clockwise line is called the " ...

Sinjeong Branch ;;;(

Yangcheon District The Yangcheon District (Yangcheon-gu) is a ''gu'', or district, of Seoul, South Korea, located on the southwest side of the Han River. At the centre of this district is the Mok-dong area, which is home to numerous shopping outlets, bars and rest ...

) ← Kkachisan *

Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation (SMRT) was established in 1994 to operate the Seoul Subway lines 5, 6, 7, 8 in Seoul, South Korea. The corporation operated a total of 201 subway trains at 148 stations on lines 5-8. The operatio ...

Seoul Subway Line 5 Seoul Subway Line 5 of the Seoul Metro, dubbed ''the purple line'', is a long line crossing from west to the east across the Seoul National Capital Area, South Korea. It is one of two subway lines in Seoul to cross ''under'' the Han River (the ...

;;; Banghwa — Gaehwasan — Gimpo Airport — Magok — Balsan — Ujangsan — Hwagok — Kkachisan → (

) *Seoul Metro Line 9 Corporation ;*

Seoul Subway Line 9 Seoul Subway Line 9, operated by Seoul Metro Line9 Corporation, is a subway line in Seoul. The line runs east from Gaehwa Station (local train terminal) or Gimpo Airport Station (express train terminal, connecting to Line 5 and Airport Railroad ...

;;; Gaehwa — Gimpo Airport — Airport Market — Sinbanghwa — Magongnaru — Yangcheon Hyanggyo —

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— Jeungmi — Deungchon — Yeomchang → (

)

Notable people

Lee Guk-jong Lee Guk-jong ( ko, 이국종) is a South Korean doctor. As a surgeon specializing in trauma, he is South Korea's leading authority in the treatment of trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, and gunshot wounds. He won "The Person Who Brightene ...

(born 1969), South Korean

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Kim Gun-mo Kim Gun-mo (; born January 13, 1968) is a South Korean singer-songwriter, who is considered the country's most successful musical artist of the 1990s. His 1995 album, '' Wrongful Meeting,'' previously held the Guinness World Record for the best ...

(born 1968),

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n singer-songwriter (Originally from

, but raised in Gangseo-gu) *

Gong Hyo-jin Gong Hyo-jin (born April 4, 1980) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her leading role in the film '' Crush and Blush'' (2008), as well as for her popular television series '' Sang Doo! Let's Go to School'' (2003), ''Thank You'' (20 ...

(born 1980), South Korean actress (born in Sinwol-dong) * Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok (born 1996), ''

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'' player, three time

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winner with

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* Solar (Real Name: ''Kim Yong-sun'',

: 김용선, born 1991), singer-songwriter, dancer, lyricist,

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, digital influencer and K-pop idol, leader and member of

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Sister cities

Zhaoyuan, Shandong Zhaoyuan () is a county-level city within the prefecture-level city of Yantai, Shandong Province, China, located on the Bohai Sea. Zhaoyuan is well known for its abundant gold deposit and production, and is occasionally nicknamed "China's gold c ...

, People's Republic of China

References

External links

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