Gongsan-dong is an administrative dong (neighborhood) in Dong-gu, in northeastern Daegu, South Korea. It has an area of 83.78 km2, most of which is vacant; its population is only 18,177. Slightly more than half of the people live in the dong's 38 apartment blocks.[citation needed]
| Gongsan-dong | |
| Hangul | 공산동 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 公山洞 |
| Revised Romanization | Gongsan-dong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kongsan-tong |
The dong was first constituted in 1981. For much of the 1980s and 1990s, it was divided into two administrative dong, but these were reunited into Gongsan-dong in 1998.
Gongsan Dam, which supplies drinking water for much of northern Daegu, is also located within the boundaries of Gongsan-dong. Land use in much of the dong is restricted due to regulations protecting the water supply and natural environment.
Legal dong
editBecause of the relatively low population density, Gongsan-dong encompasses a total of 14 legal dong. This is the reverse of the usual situation in urban areas, where legal dong are subdivided into numerous administrative dong.
- Jimyo-dong (智妙洞, 지묘동), site of the shrine of Sin Sung-gyŏm
- Dohak-dong (道鶴洞, 도학동), site of Donghwasa temple
- Neungseong-dong (능성동)
- Jinin-dong (진인동)
- Baegan-dong (백안동)
- Migok-dong (미곡동)
- Yongsu-dong (용수동)
- Sinmu-dong (신무동)
- Midae-dong (미대동)
- Nae-dong (내동)
- Deokgok-dong (덕곡동)
- Songjeong-dong (송정동)
- Sinyong-dong (신용동)
- Jungdae-dong (중대동)