Gil-dong

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Gil-dong
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	길동
• Hanja	吉洞
• Revised Romanization	Gil-dong
• McCune–Reischauer	Kil-tong
Gil-dong Community Service Center
Country	South Korea
Area
• Total	2.17 km2 (0.84 sq mi)
Population  (2001)[1]
• Total	50,568
• Density	23,303/km2 (60,350/sq mi)

Gil-dong (Korean: 길동) is a dong (neighborhood) of Gangdong District, Seoul, South Korea.^[1][2]

Gil-dong is geographically located far away from the Han River, so the natives believe this area is easy to be settled and safe to avoid any damage from storm and flood, based on feng shui Theory. In 1995, Seoul Subway Line 5 was passed through this area stopping at Gil-dong Station. On the area of Gil-dong, Gangdong Public Library, Sinmyung Middle School, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital of Hallym University and a Leadership Training Institute of Doosan Group named Yeongangwon is located.^[3]

The current postal code of Gil-dong is 134–010. 134 is for Gangdong District and 010 is for Gil-dong.

• Choi Ye-na (최예나), singer, rapper, dancer, entertainer and K-pop/J-pop idol, former member of K-pop/J-pop girlgroup Iz*One.

• Administrative divisions of Gangdong District
• Administrative divisions of Seoul
• Administrative divisions of South Korea

• Gangdong District official website
• Gangdong District map^{[permanent dead link]} at the Gangdong District official website
• (in Korean) Gangdong District map
• (in Korean) The Gil 1-dong Resident office

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