Doksan-dong
Sign in to saveDoksan-dong () is a dong (neighborhood) of Geumcheon District, Seoul, South Korea.
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- Country
- South Korea
- Located in
- Geumcheon District
- Area
- 2.08
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- McCune–Reischauer romanization
- Toksan-tong
- Revised Romanization
- Doksan-dong
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Doksan-dong () is a dong (neighborhood) of Geumcheon District, Seoul, South Korea.
==Overview== The name "Doksan" (독산, 禿山) literally means "bald mountain," referring to a hill in the area that was once devoid of trees, giving it the appearance of a "bare mountain." According to a record by Gang Hui (강희) in the Sinjeung Dongguk Yeoji Seungnam (Newly Augmented Survey of the Geography of Korea), "Behind my house is a mountain, but it is a bare mountain. Therefore, people call it Doksan. Originally, there were trees, but because it is located outside the Hanseong city limits, the trees were cut down with axes and eaten by cattle and goats, leaving it bare."
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Doksan-dong” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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