Chungjeongno-dong

Place in South Korea

Chungjeongno-dong
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	충정로동
• Hanja	忠正路洞
• Revised Romanization	Chung jeongno dong
• McCune–Reischauer	Ch'ung chŏngno tong
Country	South Korea
Area
• Total	0.51 km² (0.20 sq mi)
Population (2001)^[1]
• Total	8,729
• Density	17,000/km² (44,000/sq mi)

Chungjeongno-dong is a dong, neighbourhood of Seodaemun-gu in Seoul, South Korea.^[1]

Chung Jeung No

Chung Jeung No is a Road that is located in Seoul, Seodaemun-gu 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, which connects gwanghwamun, 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's loyalist Min Yonghwan's posthumous name

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, chungjeongno-dong, Bugahyeon-dong, Migeun-dong, Migeun-dong, and mapo-gu ahyeon-dong

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 Seoul within an hour.

Notable Places

Mi-dong Elementary school - Mi-Dong is one of the earliest elementary school established in South Korea. The school was established in 1895, started as a primary school 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

^ ^a ^b "충정로동 (Chungjeongno-dong 忠正路洞)" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2008-05-10.^{[permanent dead link]}

"Population situation by Dong". Seodaemun-gu Official website. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
"서대문구 (Seodaemun-gu 西大門區)" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2008-04-22.^{[permanent dead link]}
"Chronicle of legal dong and administrative dong" (in Korean). Guro-gu Official website. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
"Mapo Information". The chart of Legal dong assigned by administrative dong (행정동별 관할 법정동 일람표) (in Korean). Mapo-gu Official website. Archived from the original on 2007-11-05.