Umyeon-dong

Umyeon-dong
Umyeon-dong
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	우면동
• Hanja	牛眠洞
• Revised Romanization	Umyeon-dong
• McCune–Reischauer	Umyŏn-tong
Country	South Korea

Umyeon-dong (Korean: 우면동) is a dong (neighbourhood) of Seocho District, Seoul, South Korea is part of Gangnam District and a well-known, private neighborhood for the wealthy in southern Seoul.^[1] It is a legal dong (법정동) administered under its administrative dong (행정동), Yangjae 1-dong. The first syllable of the name is derived from Umyeonsan, or Mt. Umyeon due to the geographical feature of the area has the mountain.^[2]

Mount Umyeon-san

The mountain peak of Umyeon-San is located approximately 10 km (6.2 mi) south of Seoul, and about 5 km (3.1 mi) northeast of Gwanaksan. Satelliteviews.net lists the peak elevation as "313",^[3] while Google Earth shows the maximum elevation at 280 m (920 ft), within a populated area.

Floods and landmines

During the 2011 Seoul floods, a landslide on an unstable slope of Mount Umyeon destroyed an apartment row, killing 17 people and may have buried about ten landmines dropped on the mountainsides during the Korean War.^[4]

Attraction

Chiwoo Craft Museum

References

^ "Korea Joongang Daily". mengnews.joins.com. Archived from the original on 2014-10-29.
^ 우면동 (Umyeon-dong 牛眠洞) (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
^ Geocode, Google Maps. "Umyeon-san, South Korea". SatelliteViews.net. Mountain. Retrieved 31 July 2011. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
^ Song, Sang-ho (July 28, 2011). "Military searches for stray landmines". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 31 July 2011.

External links

Seocho District official website
Seocho District map at the Seocho District official website
(in Korean) The Yangjae 1-dong Resident office

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[1] "Korea Joongang Daily". mengnews.joins.com. Archived from the original on 2014-10-29.

[encyber-2] 우면동 (Umyeon-dong 牛眠洞) (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2008-04-19.

[3] Geocode, Google Maps. "Umyeon-san, South Korea". SatelliteViews.net. Mountain. Retrieved 31 July 2011. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)

[4] Song, Sang-ho (July 28, 2011). "Military searches for stray landmines". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 31 July 2011.

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