Geumcheon, Seoul Capital Area, Sudogwon, South Korea
🇰🇷 Geumcheon District is one of the 25 gu of Seoul, South Korea. It was created from southern parts of Guro-gu and tiny sections from Gwangmyeong in 1995. Its district office is located in front of Siheung Station, now Geumcheon-gu Office Station, in Siheung-dong.
Geumcheon-gu is located in the south-west corner of the city, south of the Han River. It is bordered on the west by the Anyang River, and partially on the east by Gwanak Mountain, a dominating part of Seoul's southern skyline.
Many technology companies are housed in Geumcheon-gu and several large headquarters are located here, albeit the income level of Seoulites here is lower than average. The Gyeongbu railway from Seoul Station to Busan station passes through, as well as Seoul Subway Lines 1 and 7.
Administrative divisions • Gasan-dong (가산동 加山洞) • Doksan-dong (독산동 禿山洞) • Siheung-dong (시흥동 始興洞).
Rail • Korail • Seoul Subway Line 1 (Gyeongbu Line) (Guro-gu) ← Gasan Digital Complex—Doksan—Geumcheon-gu Office (formerly Siheung Sta.) → (Anyang) • Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation • Seoul Subway Line 7 (Guro-gu) ← Gasan Digital Complex → (Gwangmyeong).
Education ◦ Seoul University of Buddhism.
Asia/Seoul/Seoul/Gangseo-gu
Geumcheon has a population of over 242,500 people. Geumcheon also forms one of the centres of the wider Seoul metropolitan area which has a population of over 9,963,000 people.
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Twin Towns - Sister Cities Geumcheon has links with:
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Locations Near: Geumcheon 126.902,37.4519
🇰🇷 Gwangmyeong 126.866,37.465 d: 3.5
🇰🇷 Gwanak 126.952,37.478 d: 5.3
🇰🇷 Anyang-si 126.933,37.383 d: 8.1
🇰🇷 Gangseo District 126.85,37.533 d: 10.1
🇰🇷 Gwacheon 126.997,37.418 d: 9.2
🇰🇷 Yongsan 126.965,37.538 d: 11.1
🇰🇷 Bucheon 126.793,37.475 d: 10
Antipodal to: Geumcheon -53.098,-37.452
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🇺🇾 Montevideo -56.198,-34.907 d: 19618.2
🇺🇾 Canelones -56.284,-34.538 d: 19582.5
🇦🇷 Mar del Plata -57.55,-38 d: 19618.9
🇺🇾 Florida -56.215,-34.099 d: 19548.2
🇺🇾 Durazno -56.517,-33.367 d: 19465.3
🇦🇷 Berisso -57.886,-34.873 d: 19498.5
🇦🇷 La Plata -57.954,-34.921 d: 19496.4
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🇺🇾 Colonia del Sacramento -57.833,-34.467 d: 19475