Amsa-dong | |
Translit Lang1: | Korean |
Translit Lang1 Type: | Hangul |
Translit Lang1 Info: | 암사동 |
Translit Lang1 Type1: | Hanja |
Translit Lang1 Info1: | 岩寺洞 |
Translit Lang1 Info2: | Amsa-dong |
Translit Lang1 Info3: | Amsa-tong |
Translit Lang2 Type: | Hangul |
Translit Lang2 Type1: | Hanja |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | South Korea |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Parts Style: | para |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Area Total Km2: | 4.7 |
Population Total: | 73377 |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Density Km2: | 15612 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Dialect |
Amsa-dong is a dong (neighbourhood) of Gangdong District, Seoul, South Korea.[1] [2] The dong is well known for the Amsa-dong Prehistoric Settlement Site, in which Neolithic remains were excavated after a large amount of diagonal-line patterned earthenware was exposed by a flood in 1925.[3] [4] It is thought to be a Jomonic settlement which existed prior to the spread of Songgukri-cultural sphere in Korean peninsula during the Korean bronze age. In Amsa Sam-dong, a festival named Amsa sunsa cultural festival is hold annually and parade is performed. It has a subway station of Seoul metropolitan subway 8th line, which functions as the last station of the line. There is only one high school in Amsa-dong named Sunsa highschool. The neighborhood is also known for its large traditional market. Amsa dong is divided in three, Amsa il-dong, Amsa I-dong, Amsa Sam-dong, and community centre is present in every one of these divisions..