Sanggye-dong (Korean: 상계동) is a dong (neighbourhood) of Nowon District, Seoul, South Korea.[1][2] It was founded in the 1960s by squatters and by the 1980s there were approximately 1,000 squatter households and 600 tenants.[3] In 1985, it was declared a redevelopment zone. Most people left and some resisted before being evicted forcibly.[3]
Sanggye-dong | |
|---|---|
| Korean transcription(s) | |
| • Hangul | 상계동 |
| • Hanja | 上溪洞 |
| • Revised Romanization | Sanggye-dong |
| • McCune–Reischauer | Sanggye-dong |
| Country | South Korea |
| Area | |
• Total | 15.68 km2 (6.05 sq mi) |
| Population (2001)[1] | |
• Total | 261,479 |
| • Density | 17,000/km2 (43,000/sq mi) |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b 상계동 (Sanggye-dong 上溪洞) (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
- ^ "Origins: Dong Name Origins" (in Korean). Nowon District official site. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
- ^ a b Kim, Hyung-Hook (1998). "South Korea: Experiences of eviction in Seoul". In Azuela, Antonio; Ortiz, Enrique; Duhau, Emilio (eds.). Evictions and the right to housing: Experience from Canada, Chile, the Dominican Republic, South Africa, and South Korea. Ottawa, Ontario: International Development Research Centre. ISBN 0-88936-861-9.
Further reading
edit- 노원구 (Nowon District 蘆原區) (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 2012-12-08. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
- "Chronicle of Beopjeong-dong and Haengjeong-dong" (in Korean). Guro District Official website. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
- "Mapo Information". The chart of Beopjeong-dong assigned by Haengjeong-dong (행정동별 관할 법정동 일람표) (in Korean). Mapo District Official website. Archived from the original on 2007-11-05. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
External links
edit- Nowon District Official site in English
- Map of Nowon District
- (in Korean) Nowon District Official site
- (in Korean) Sanggye 1-dong Resident office Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
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