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'''Hwagok-dong''' ({{Korean|hangul=화곡동}}) is a ''dong'' (neighborhood) of Gangseo District, Seoul, South Korea.<ref name="encyber">{{cite web|url=https://terms.naver.com/entry.naver?docId=1190809&cid=40942&categoryId=34709|script-title=ko:화곡동 (Hwagok-dong 禾谷洞) |publisher=Doosan Encyclopedia |accessdate=2008-04-19 |language=Korean }}</ref> Hwagok-dong consists of 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, and the main dong.
==Overview== The area formerly known as Hwagok-ri has developed into a central part of Gangseo District and is now divided into nine administrative neighborhoods (dong). The present-day Hwagok-dong encompasses the historical areas of Neung-dong (菱洞), Bangok-ri (盤谷里), Yeokchon-ri (驛村里), and Hwagok-ri (禾谷里). Specifically, Neung-dong corresponds to modern Hwagok 4-dong, Bangok-ri to Hwagok 3-dong, Yeokchon-ri to Hwagok 6-dong, and the original Hwagok-ri to Hwagok 5-dong. Hwagok 2-dong and 8-dong developed around a small village centered in Neunggol, while Hwagok Bon-dong (Main Hwagok-dong) originated as a small settlement called Joeok-dong (also known as Chorok-dong), which consisted of only three households on a hillside overlooking Yeokchon-ri.
Hwagok 1-dong, in contrast, was an uninhabited hillside with no historical record of residential activity. It served primarily as a mountain pass connecting the Deobeuri village in Hwagok 8-dong to Gomdallae (formerly known as Goeumwolli). In 1963, the city of Seoul initiated a housing development project in Hwagok-dong, known as the "100,000-unit project," aimed at accommodating the growing population of northern Seoul. This project was later expanded in 1968 to a "300,000-unit project," leading to extensive residential construction across the hillside and the eventual establishment of Hwagok 1-dong.
==Attractions== * 88 Gymnasium - Lee Min Woo of Shinhwa held his first solo concert entitled "M's Girl Friend", on 14 and 15 January 2006.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120904230712/http://www.koreaherald.com/national/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20051210000017 "Event Calendar: Concert: M's Girl Friend"] ''Korea Herald''. 24 December 2005. Retrieved 2012-04-10</ref>
==See also== * Administrative divisions of South Korea
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.gangseo.seoul.kr/english/index.html Gangseo-gu official website]{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} *{{in lang|ko}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20041030041347/http://www.gangseo.seoul.kr/portal/introduc/main4_map.jsp Gangseo-gu map] at the Gangseo-gu official website *{{in lang|ko}} [https://archive.today/20121204164202/http://www.gangseo.seoul.kr/dong/index.jsp Resident offices of Gangseo-gu]
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