Gongdeok-dong

Gongdeok-dong
Korean transcription(s)
 • Hangul공덕동
 • Hanja孔德洞
 • Revised RomanizationGongdeok-dong
 • McCune–ReischauerKongdŏk-tong
Gongdeok-dong Community Service Center
Gongdeok-dong Community Service Center
Gongdeok-dong is located in Seoul
Gongdeok-dong
Gongdeok-dong
Gongdeok-dong is located in South Korea
Gongdeok-dong
Gongdeok-dong
CountrySouth Korea
Area
 • Total
0.73 km2 (0.28 sq mi)
Population
 (2001)[1]
 • Total
23,888
 • Density33,000/km2 (85,000/sq mi)

Gongdeok-dong (Korean: 공덕동) is a legal dong (neighborhood) of Mapo District, Seoul, South Korea.[2] Gongdeok-dong is governed by its administrative dong, the office of Cheonyeon-dong.[3][1][4]

Overview

The origin of the name Gongdeok is uncertain, but it seems to derive more from the Korean word "keun-deogi" (meaning "large hillock") than from the Chinese characters 孔德 (Gongdeok). In Korean, a slightly elevated flat area was called a deogi or deok, meaning a small hill or mound. The area around present-day Gongdeok-dong generally consists of hill roads extending southwest from the ridges of Mallihyeon, Ahyeon, and Daehyeon. It is believed that this area was originally referred to in Korean as keun-deogi or keun-deok, and over time, the name was transferred to the Chinese-character pronunciation Gongdeok.

Another theory suggests that the name Gongdeok-dong originated directly from the old place name Gongdeok-ri.

Attractions

  • Human Resources Development Service of Korea (한국산업인력공단 韓國産業人力公團)
  • Asojeong (아소정 我笑亭)
  • Gongdeok Market near Exit 4 of Gongdeok Station is on the Seoul list of Asia's 10 greatest street food cities for the haemul pajeon.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b 공덕동 (Gongdeok-dong 孔德洞) (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2008-05-10.
  2. ^ "Mapo Information". The chart of legal dong assigned by administrative dong (행정동별 관할 법정동 일람표) (in Korean). Mapo District official website. Archived from the original on 2007-11-05.
  3. ^ "Chronicle of Beopjeong-dong and Haengjeong-dong" (in Korean). Guro District official website. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
  4. ^ "The origin of the dong's name (Gongdeok-dong 공덕동)" (in Korean). Mapo District official site. Retrieved 2008-05-10.
  5. ^ Goldberg, Lina "Asia's 10 greatest street food cities" Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine CNN Go. 23 March 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-11


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