Sanggye-dong

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| name = Sanggye-dong

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| translit_lang1_info = 상계동

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| translit_lang1_info1 = 上溪洞

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = South Korea

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| seat_type = Capital

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| leader_title = Mayor

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| area_total_km2 = 15.68

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| population_total = 261479

| population_as_of = 2001

| population_density_km2 = auto

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Sanggye-dong ({{korean|hangul=상계동}}) is a dong (neighbourhood) of Nowon District, Seoul, South Korea.{{cite web |url=http://www.encyber.com/search_w/ctdetail.php?masterno=732336&contentno=732336 |script-title=ko:상계동 (Sanggye-dong 上溪洞)|publisher=Doosan Encyclopedia |accessdate=2008-04-26|language=Korean}}{{cite web |url=http://english.nowon.seoul.kr/user.tdf?a=common.HtmlApp&c=1001&page=english/about/about03_1.htm&main_menu=2&sub_menu=3&small_sub_menu=1 |publisher=Nowon District official site |title=Origins: Dong Name Origins |accessdate=2008-04-26 |language=Korean |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721000149/http://english.nowon.seoul.kr/user.tdf?a=common.HtmlApp&c=1001&page=english%2Fabout%2Fabout03_1.htm&main_menu=2&sub_menu=3&small_sub_menu=1 |archivedate=2011-07-21 }} It was founded in the 1960s by squatters and by the 1980s there were approximately 1,000 squatter households and 600 tenants.{{cite book |last1=Kim |first1=Hyung-Hook |editor-last1=Azuela |editor-first1=Antonio |editor-last3=Duhau |editor-first3=Emilio |editor-last2=Ortiz |editor-first2=Enrique |title=Evictions and the right to housing: Experience from Canada, Chile, the Dominican Republic, South Africa, and South Korea |date=1998 |publisher=International Development Research Centre |location=Ottawa, Ontario |isbn=0-88936-861-9 |chapter=South Korea: Experiences of eviction in Seoul}} In 1985, it was declared a redevelopment zone. Most people left and some resisted before being evicted forcibly.