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Jeong-dong

{{Short description|Neighborhood in Seoul, South Korea}}

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Jeong-dong ({{Korean|hangul=정동}}) is a legal dong (neighbourhood) of Jung District, Seoul, South Korea. It is governed by its administrative dong, Sogong-dong.{{cite web|url=http://www.encyber.com/search_w/ctdetail.php?masterno=135923&contentno=135923 |script-title=ko:정동 (Jeong-dong 貞洞) |access-date=2008-05-09 |language=ko |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050118113424/http://www.encyber.com/search_w/ctdetail.php?masterno=135923&contentno=135923 |archive-date=2005-01-18 }}

It is an historical area with Deoksugung from the Joseon period and some of Korea's first modern schools and churches. It also home to contemporary museums, galleries and theaters along tree-lined streets and cobblestone alleyways.{{cite news|title=Past and present share space in Jeong-dong|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2938469|access-date=27 January 2013|newspaper=Korea JoongAng Daily|date=6 July 2011|author=Cho Jae-eun|author2=Chang Hae-won|author3=Junghee Lee|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216073533/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2938469|archive-date=2013-02-16|url-status=usurped}}

Festival

  • Jeong-dong Culture Night - It is the place where modern Western culture first took root, including Deoksugung Palace where the king stayed during the Joseon period. Ewha School, Baejae School, Chungdong First Methodist Church etc. have been around for more than 100 years to tell the vivid history of Jeong-dong.{{Cite web|url=http://culture-night.junggu.seoul.kr/|script-title=ko:정동야행|website=정동야행|access-date=2018-05-13|archive-date=2018-05-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513152958/http://culture-night.junggu.seoul.kr/|url-status=live}} Jeong-dong Culture Night offers various cultural experiences for domestic and international visitors. Programs such as Eoga Parade, military music parade, concerts, story-telling, busking and film exhibitions will be held in connection with the Seoul Metropolitan Government.{{Cite news|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20180510000997|title=[Travel Bits] Festivals, sights around Korea|date=2018-05-10|access-date=2018-05-13|language=en|archive-date=2018-05-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512193838/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20180510000997|url-status=live}}

Attractions

  • Deoksugung
  • Doldam-gil (or Stonewall Road){{cite news|title=Seoul's historic foreign quarter|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2885865|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127033232/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2885865|url-status=usurped|archive-date=27 January 2013|access-date=1 December 2012|newspaper=Korea JoongAng Daily|date=4 February 2008|author=Michael Gibb|author2=Susan Yoon}}
  • Chungdong First Methodist Church – the oldest extant church in Korea{{Cite web |title=Chungdong First Methodist Church (서울 정동교회) |url=https://english.visitkorea.or.kr/svc/whereToGo/locIntrdn/locIntrdnList.do?vcontsId=102292&menuSn=351 |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=Chungdong First Methodist Church (서울 정동교회) |language=en}}

Education

Schools located in Jeong-dong:

See also

References

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  • {{cite web |url=http://www2.guro.go.kr/site/gu/page.jsp?code=guf040100010 |title=Chronicle of Beopjeong-dong and Haengjeong-dong |publisher=Guro District Official website |language=ko |access-date=2008-05-09 |archive-date=2014-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006120702/http://www2.guro.go.kr/site/gu/page.jsp?code=guf040100010 |url-status=dead }}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.mapo.go.kr/Design/html_cms/e_ward/03_office_dong_law.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071105043941/http://www.mapo.go.kr/Design/html_cms/e_ward/03_office_dong_law.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-11-05 |title=Mapo Information |work=The chart of Beopjeong-dong assigned by Haengjeong-dong (행정동별 관할 법정동 일람표) |publisher=Mapo District Official website |language=ko }}

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20060118044612/http://tour.junggu.seoul.kr/english/ Jung-gu Official site in English]
  • {{in lang|ko}} [http://new.junggu.seoul.kr/a/index.php Jung-gu Official site]{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • {{in lang|ko}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20110831085000/http://tour.junggu.seoul.kr/ Jung-gu Tour Guide from the Official site]
  • {{in lang|ko}} [https://archive.today/20121205094400/http://new.junggu.seoul.kr/a/a05/a05020501.php Status quo of Jung-gu]
  • {{in lang|ko}} [http://new.junggu.seoul.kr/a/a05/a05070400.php Resident offices and maps of Jung-gu]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

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Category:Neighborhoods of Jung District, Seoul

Category:Tourist attractions in Seoul

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