Chungjeongno-dong is a '' dong'', neighbourhood of

Seodaemun-gu Seodaemun District (, "Great West Gate") is one of the 25 districts of Seoul, South Korea. Seodaemun has a population of 313,814 (2010) and has a geographic area of 17.61 km2 (6.8 sq mi), and is divided into 14 '' dong'' (administrative neigh ...

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Chung Jeung No

Chung Jeung No is a Road that is located in Seoul,

chungjeungno 2 ga 8-2 through chungjeungno 3 ga 44 The Road is 40 meters wide and 0.9 km long. It is an 8 lined

arterial highway An arterial road or arterial thoroughfare is a high-capacity urban area, urban road that sits below freeways/Controlled-access highway#Europe, motorways on the Hierarchy of roads, road hierarchy in terms of traffic flow and Speed limit#Maximum sp ...

, which connects

gwanghwamun Gwanghwamun () is the main and largest gate of Gyeongbok Palace, in Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea. It is located at a three-way intersection at the northern end of Sejongno. As a landmark and symbol of Seoul's long history as the capital city dur ...

, sinchon, and mapo-gu. Chungjeongno used to be called Jookchumjeong, named by Japanese during the Japanese colonial era but renamed to its current title in October 1 of 1984, by South Korean Government named after the

joseon 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 ...

's loyalist

Min Yonghwan Min Yeong-hwan (민영환, 閔泳煥; 7 August 1861 - 30 November 1905) was a politician, diplomat, and general of the Korean Empire and known as a conservative proponent for reform. He was born in Seoul into the powerful Yeoheung Min clan whi ...

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Chungjeongno used to be 1.5 km long, but it was shorten about 700 m in November 7 of 1984 to current length. noticeable passing cities are

seodaemun-gu Seodaemun District (, "Great West Gate") is one of the 25 districts of Seoul, South Korea. Seodaemun has a population of 313,814 (2010) and has a geographic area of 17.61 km2 (6.8 sq mi), and is divided into 14 '' dong'' (administrative neigh ...

, chungjeongno-dong,

Bugahyeon-dong Bugahyeon-dong is a '' dong'', neighbourhood of Seodaemun-gu in Seoul, South Korea. See also *Administrative divisions of South Korea South Korea is made up of 17 first-tier administrative divisions: 6 metropolitan cities (''gwangyeoksi'' ...

, Migeun-dong, Migeun-dong, and mapo-gu

ahyeon-dong Ahyeon-dong is a '' dong'', neighbourhood of Mapo-gu in Seoul, South Korea. See also *Administrative divisions of South Korea South Korea is made up of 17 first-tier administrative divisions: 6 metropolitan cities (''gwangyeoksi'' ), 1 sp ...

Subway

Chungjeongno-dong has two very convenient subway stations called Chungjeongno Station, which are Seoul Subway Line 2 and Seoul Subway Line 2. These two subway lines allow people to travel everywhere in city of

within an hour.

Notable Places

* Mi-dong Elementary school - Mi-Dong is one of the earliest elementary school established in

. The school was established in 1895, started as a

primary school A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary e ...

and changed its format to Elementary school and had its first graduation in 1906 * Korean Salvation Army Building - cost of construction was estimated to 50 Million. Many criticisms are being targeted to its organization and the fundings of the construction.

References

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External links

Seodaemun-gu Official site in English

Map of Seodaemun-gu
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Seodaemun-gu Official website
Neighbourhoods of Seodaemun District {{Seoul-geo-stub