Myeong-dong
Hangul:	명동
Hanja:	明洞
Revised Romanization:	Myeongdong
McCune-Reischauer:	Myŏngdong

Myeong-dong is an administrative dong in Jung-gu, Seoul, famous both for the Myeongdong Cathedral and for being perhaps the wealthiest district in the country. It contains four large department stores, including Migliore and Lotte. A number of large banks have their headquarters in Myeongdong.

Contents 1 Area and population 2 Legal dongs in Myeong-dong 3 Education 4 Places and events of interest 5 External links

[edit] Area and population

• Area: 0.99 sq. kilometers
• Population: 3,529
• Households: 1,495

[edit] Legal dongs in Myeong-dong

• Namsan-dong 1-, 2-, and 3-ga (남산동1,2,3가)
• Da-dong (다동)
• Myeong-dong 1-, and 2-ga (명동1가,2가)
• Mugyo-dong (무교동)
• Suha-dong (수하동)
• Supyo-dong (수표동)
• Samgang-dong (삼각동)
• Euljiro 1-, and 2-ga (을지로1,2가)
• Yejang-dong (예장동)
• Janggyo-dong (장교동)
• Je-dong 1-ga (저동1가)
• Chungmuro 1-, and 2-ga (충무로1,2가)
• Taepyeongno 1-ga (태평로1가)
• Namdaemunno 1-, and 2-ga (part)(남대문로1,2가 일부)
• Hoehyeon 1-, and 2-ga (part)(회현1.2가일부)
• Hoehyeon 3-ga (회현3가)

[edit] Education

The local branch of Pagoda Direct English offers Korean lessons.

[edit] Places and events of interest

• Chosun Art Museum
• HiSeoul Festival, partly held in Myeong-dong.
• Myeongdong Festival
• Myeongdong Cathedral
• Main Tourist Information Center
• Seoul City Hall
• Seoul Plaza
• UNESCO Building's Rooftop Ecological Garden

[edit] External links

• Jung-gu's Myeong-dong pages
• Tour2Korea/KTO, [1]