Seocho-gu

Seocho-gu
Seocho-gu
	Destrict
	서초구 · 瑞草區
	Samsung Town
	Location o Seocho-gu in Seoul
Kintra	Sooth Korea
Region	Sudogwon
Special Ceety	Seoul
Admeenistrative dong	18
Govrenment
• Mayor	Chin Ik-chol (진익철)
Area
• Total	47.14 km2 (18.20 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	393,270
• Density	8,300/km2 (22,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Korea Staundart Time)
Website	Seocho-gu offeecial wabsite

Seocho-gu is a gu o Seoul, Sooth Korea. It is a popular residential aurie for the mid- or upper-cless residents in Seoul. Seocho is generally referred tae as a pairt o Greater Gangnam Aurie, alang wi Gangnam-gu an Songpa-gu.

Seocho-gu is servit bi the Seoul Subway Line 2, Line 3, Line 7, Bundang Line, an Line 9. Sooth Korea's langest heich-gate, Gyeongbu Expressway, ends here.

Administration

In South Korea, thare are twa teeps or dong or neighborhoods, ane of which is cried Beopjeong-dong (법정동 法定洞) denotin "dong designatit bi law". The ither is cried Haengjeong-dong (행정동 行政洞) referring tae "dong assigned for administrative purpose". Beopjeong-dong haes a lang history, tradeetion or convention o each place, while as a population of residents in beopjeong-dong increases or decreases, the admeenistration in charge divides ane dong frae several haengjeong-dong or integrates several beopjeong-dong tae ane haengjeong-dong sic as the follaein, for example. Wonji-dong is a beopjeong-dong o Seocho-gu but is administered bi the Yangjae 2-dong office. Seocho 1-dong is ane o hangjeong-dongs o Seocho-dong.^[3] The ablo are beopjeong-dong.

Neeborheid

Seocho-dong (서초동 瑞草洞)
Jamwon-dong (잠원동 蠶院洞)
Banpo-dong (반포동 盤浦洞)
Bangbae-dong (방배동 方背洞)
Yangjae-dong (양재동 良才洞)
- Umyeon-dong (우면동 牛眠洞)
- Wonji-dong (원지동 院趾洞)
Naegok-dong (내곡동 內谷洞)
- Yeomgok-dong (염곡동 廉谷洞)
- Sinwon-dong (신원동 新院洞)

Characteristic

The aurie is hame tae the Supreme Court an the Supreme Prosecutors' Office. Seocho Samsung Town in Seocho-dong, near Gangnam Station, is the heidquairter o several corporations o the Samsung Group includin Samsung Electronics. An aw in DaeRyung Scecho Touer is the heidquairter o Sooth Korean skincare an cosmetics manufacturer Skin Food.^[4]

It is the location o the infamous Sampoong Department Store collapse o 1995 an aw.

Seorae Village in Banpo-dong, is a sma French enclave, wi a lairge concentration o French residents an European-style restaurants, dessert cafes, as well as wineries an cafes staund alang its main street.^[5]