{{Infobox settlement | name = Garak-dong | settlement_type = [[Dong (administrative division)|Neighborhood]] | translit_lang1 = Korean | translit_lang1_type = [[Hangul]] | translit_lang1_info = 가락동 | translit_lang1_type1 = [[Hanja]] | translit_lang1_info1 = 可樂洞 | translit_lang1_type2 = {{nowrap|[[Revised Romanization of Korean|Revised Romanization]]}} | translit_lang1_info2 = Garak-dong | translit_lang1_type3 = [[McCune–Reischauer]] | translit_lang1_info3 = Karak-tong | image_skyline = Garak Market Seoul.JPG | image_caption = Garak Market | image_map = Garakdong-songpagu.png | map_caption = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = South Korea | area_total_km2 = 3.44 | population_total = 67251 | population_footnotes = <ref>[http://www.songpa.go.kr/user.kdf?a=songpa.board.BoardApp&c=4002&list_id=AG0406001000&seq=41871&file_yn=Y&comment_yn=y&cate_id=AG0307001000 2013년 8월 송파구 인구현황], 2013-09-02.</ref> | population_as_of = 2013 | population_density_km2 = auto }}
'''Garak-dong''' ({{Korean|hangul=가락동}}) is a ''[[Dong (administrative division)|dong]]'' (neighborhood) of [[Songpa District]], [[Seoul]], South Korea.<ref name="encyber">{{cite web|url=http://www.encyber.com/search_w/ctdetail.php?masterno=732239&contentno=732239 |script-title=ko:가락동 (Garak-dong 可樂洞) |publisher=[[Doosan Encyclopedia]] |accessdate=2008-04-15 |language=Korean }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The exact etymology is unknown but said that the town was once called ''garakgol'' ({{Korean|hangul=가락골|labels=no}}).<ref name="Songpa District office">{{cite web|url=http://www.songpa.go.kr/user.kdf?a=songpa.menu.MenuApp&c=1001&cate_id=BC0101002000_2_ |title=The origin of the name and timetable of ''Seokchon-dong'' (동명 유래/연혁) |publisher=The resident center of Garak-dong |accessdate=2008-04-15 |language=Korean}}</ref>
==Overview== Garak-dong was originally part of Garak-ri, Jungdae-myeon, Gwangju-gun, starting in 1577. It became Garak-dong when it was incorporated into Seoul during the city's administrative expansion on January 1, 1963. On October 1, 1975, it was transferred to Gangnam-gu, and then to Gangdong-gu on October 1, 1979. On January 1, 1988, Garak-dong became part of the newly established Songpa-gu. The neighborhood's name comes from "Garakgol," an old place name in the area. In October 1989, the northern area of Yangjae-daero was included in Songpa-dong.
==Education== Schools located in Garak-dong: * Seoul Garak Elementary School * Seoul Singa Elementary School * Gawon Middle School * Seokchon Middle School * Songpa Middle School
==Transportation== * [[Ogeum station]] of {{rint|seoul|3}} * [[Garak Market station]] of {{rint|seoul|3}} and of {{rint|seoul|8}}
==See also== *[[Administrative divisions of South Korea]] *{{ill|Songpa Heliocity|ko|송파 헬리오시티}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{in lang|ko}} [http://www.songpa.go.kr/user.kdf?a=songpa.menu.MenuApp&cate_id=BC0100000000 Garak-dong resident center website]
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