Yeongdeungpo District


Yeongdeungpo District is an administrative district in southwest Seoul, South Korea. Although the origin of the name is uncertain, the first two syllables are thought to be from "yeongdeung" or "divine ascent", a shamanic rite. The third syllable is "po", representing the bank of a river, referring to the district's position on the Han River. The 2006 population was 408,819. The current magistrate is Kim Hyung-Su.
There are 22 administrative "dong" and 34 legal "dong". Yeouido-dong is the largest in area and takes up about 34% of the land. The total area is 24.56 km², making up 4% of Seoul's land. The annual budget is approximately 2 billion won.
Yeongdeungpo District has been heavily developed as an office, commercial, and residential district. Yeouido Dong is home to DLI 63 Building, the highest office building in South Korea and currently the 3rd tallest building in the country. The National Assembly Building is located in Yeouido-dong. Other organisations, such as the Financial Union of Korea are also based in Yeongdeungpo. There are also mass-media corporations in the area, including; Kookmin Newspaper Corporation; Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation and Korean Broadcasting System.

History

Except for Yeouido and Yanghwa-dong, Yeongdeungpo belonged to old Siheung County. In 1936, Yeongdeungpo was annexed to Gyeongseong. In 1949, some parts of Siheung County were ceded to Yeongdeungpo District of Seoul. These sections are today's Guro-dong, Sindorim-dong, Daerim-dong and Sindaebang-dong.
January 1, 1963, Some areas of Bucheon County were combined to Yeongdeungpo District as below.
Also, many parts of Siheung County were merged into this district at the same time.

Administrative divisions

Yeongdeungpo District is divided into the following "dong"s.
Among the 291 head offices of financial institutions located in Seoul, 93 are based in Yeouido, Yeongdeungpo. Notably, 42 out of 68 asset management companies and 8 out of 11 futures companies have their head offices in Yeouido. These include Mirae Asset Group, Korea Life Insurance, KDB, Korea Investment Holdings and many more. Korea Exchange was originally located in Yeouido, but it moved to Busan in 2009. Korea Financial Investment Association is still based in Yeouido.
Other notable companies based in Yeongdeungpo include Lotte Confectionery, Hanjin Shipping, LG Corp., and Keoyang Shipping are headquartered in Yeouido-dong in Yeongdeungpo District.

Attractions

The Korean Broadcasting System New Wing Open Hall is located in Yeouido-dong. It is the broadcast and recording centre of many KBS programmes with a studio audience, namely the live weekly music show Music Bank.
The Sheraton Seoul D Cube City Hotel, managed by the Sheraton Hotels and Resorts is located here. When it opened in September 2011, it was the first five-star hotel in that district.

Transportation

Railroad

;*Seoul Subway Line 1
;;; ← Daebang — Singil — Yeongdeungpo →
;*Seoul Subway Line 2 Euljiro Circle Line
;;; ← Mullae — Yeongdeungpo-gu Office — Dangsan →
;*Seoul Subway Line 5
;;; ← Yangpyeong — Yeongdeungpo-gu Office — Yeongdeungpo Market — Singil — Yeouido — Yeouinaru →
;*Seoul Subway Line 7
;;; ← Boramae — Sinpung — Daerim →
;*Seoul Subway Line 9
;;; ← Seonyudo — Dangsan — National Assembly — Yeouido — Saetgang →

Education

International schools: