Daeseong-dong
Sign in to saveDaeseong-dong (also called Tae Sung Dong, and Jayu-ui Maeul) is a village in South Korea close to the North Korean border. It lies within the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The village is about 1.6 kilometres (1 mile) south of the Bridge of No Return, and 12 km (7.5 miles) from the city of Kaesong, North Korea. , the village has 138 residents, mostly elderly.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Daeseong-dong is referenced by 14 other articles, and connects out to South Korea, village and geographic coordinate system.
It sits within the topics Geography articles needing translation from Korean Wikipedia, Korean Demilitarized Zone and Paju.
Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.
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Key facts
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Daeseong-dong Scene.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- The Daeseong-dong flagpole, flying the flag of South Korea
- Settlement.name
- Daeseong-dong
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- Korean
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- Hangul
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- 대성동
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- Hanja
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- 臺城洞
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- Revised romanization
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- Daeseong-dong
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- McCune–Reischauer
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- Taesŏng tong
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- South Korea
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- Location in South Korea
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- Country
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- Province
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- Gyeonggi Province
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- City
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- South Korea
- Located in
- Paju
- Population
- 193
- Time zone
- UTC+09:00
- Image
- Daeseong-dong Scene.jpg
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- Commons category
- Daeseong-dong
- native label
- 臺城洞
- nickname
- 자유의 마을
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Location, description
- Economy
- Elementary school
- Flagpoles
- References
- External links
Daeseong-dong (also called Tae Sung Dong, and Jayu-ui Maeul) is a village in South Korea close to the North Korean border. It lies within the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The village is about 1.6 kilometres (1 mile) south of the Bridge of No Return, and 12 km (7.5 miles) from the city of Kaesong, North Korea. , the village has 138 residents, mostly elderly.
== Location, description == Daeseong-dong belongs administratively to Josan-ri, Gunnae-myeon, in Paju. It is the only civilian habitation within the southern portion of the DMZ. Panmunjeom is to the northeast, and the actual Military Demarcation Line (the de facto border between South and North Korea) is only west of the village. Only individuals who lived in the village before the Korean War, or are descendants of those who did, are allowed to move to the village.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Daeseong-dong” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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