{{Short description|Neighborhood of Seoul, South Korea}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> | name = Samcheong-dong | translit_lang1 = Korean | translit_lang1_type = Hangul | translit_lang1_info = 삼청동 | translit_lang1_type1 = Hanja | translit_lang1_info1 = 三淸洞 | translit_lang1_type2 = {{nowrap|Revised Romanization}} | translit_lang1_info2 = Samcheong-dong | translit_lang1_type3 = {{nowrap|McCune–Reischauer}} | translit_lang1_info3 = Samch'ŏng-dong | translit_lang2 = | translit_lang2_type = Hangul | translit_lang2_info = | translit_lang2_type1 = Hanja | translit_lang2_info1 = | translit_lang2_type2 = {{nowrap|Revised Romanization}} | translit_lang2_info2 = | translit_lang2_type3 = {{nowrap|McCune–Reischauer}} | translit_lang2_info3 = | image_skyline = Seoul-Samcheong.dong-01.jpg | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = <!-- name of a location map, can be North Korea, South Korea or South Korea Seoul --> | pushpin_label = <!-- only necessary if "name" or "official_name" are too long --> | coordinates ={{coord|37|35|6.3|N|126|58|49.3|E|region:KR|display=title,inline}} | coor_pinpoint = <!-- to specify exact location of coordinates (was coor_type) --> | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = South Korea | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = | seat_type = Capital | seat = | parts_type = | parts_style = para | p1 = | government_type = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 1.49 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = <ref name="encyber" /> | population_total = 5374 | population_as_of = 2001 | population_density_km2 = auto | blank_name_sec1 = Dialect | blank_info_sec1 = | footnotes = }} thumb|Samcheongdong traditional houses '''Samcheong-dong''' ({{korean|hangul=삼청동}}) is a ''dong'' (neighbourhood) of Jongno District, Seoul, South Korea. It lies north of Jongno and east of Gyeongbokgung.<ref name="encyber">{{cite web |url=http://www.encyber.com/search_w/ctdetail.php?masterno=732202&contentno=732202 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130122061149/http://www.encyber.com/search_w/ctdetail.php?masterno=732202&contentno=732202 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-22 |script-title=ko:삼청동 (Samcheong-dong 三淸洞) |publisher=Doosan Encyclopedia |accessdate=2008-04-23 |language=Korean }}</ref><ref name="Jongno District">{{cite web|url=http://www.jongno.go.kr/wcms4/dong/intro/history.jsp?dp=4&id=21 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20040530102953/http://www.jongno.go.kr/wcms4/dong/intro/history.jsp?dp=4&id=21 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2004-05-30 |publisher=Jongno District official site |title= Origin of Samcheong-dong's name |accessdate=2008-04-23 |language=Korean}}</ref> This hilly neighborhood is characterized by numerous small art galleries, shops, and restaurants. Visitors to the area can see restored hanok, Korean traditional-style houses. The Board of Audit and Inspection of Korea is located here. It is also home to several foreign government offices including the Vietnamese consulate.
== Attraction == *National Folk Museum of Korea *Velvet and Incubator art galleries [https://web.archive.org/web/20081015204038/http://www.velvet.or.kr/english/emain.htm]
==See also== *Administrative divisions of South Korea
==References== {{Reflist}} *{{cite web|url=http://www.encyber.com/search_w/ctdetail.php?masterno=139888&contentno=139888 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121204161724/http://www.encyber.com/search_w/ctdetail.php?masterno=139888&contentno=139888 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-12-04 |script-title=ko:종로구 (Jongno District 鍾路區) |publisher=Doosan Encyclopedia |accessdate=2008-04-22 |language=Korean }} *{{cite web |url=http://www2.guro.go.kr/site/gu/page.jsp?code=guf040100010 |title=Chronicle of Beopjeong-dong and Haengjeong-dong |publisher=Guro District Official website |language=Korean |access-date=2008-04-23 |archive-date=2014-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006120702/http://www2.guro.go.kr/site/gu/page.jsp?code=guf040100010 |url-status=dead }} *{{cite web |url=http://www.mapo.go.kr/Design/html_cms/e_ward/03_office_dong_law.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071105043941/http://www.mapo.go.kr/Design/html_cms/e_ward/03_office_dong_law.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-11-05 |title=Mapo Information |work=The chart of Beopjeong-dong assigned by Haengjeong-dong (행정동별 관할 법정동 일람표) |publisher=Mapo District Official website |language=Korean }}
==External links== * [http://www.jongno.go.kr/english/index.jsp Jongno District Official site in English] *{{in lang|ko}} [http://www.jongno.go.kr/index.jsp Jongno District Official site] *{{in lang|ko}} [https://archive.today/20040223070100/http://www.jongno.go.kr/wcms4/page?pageId=550302150 Status quo of Jongno District by administrative dong] *{{in lang|ko}} [https://archive.today/20040311224245/http://www.jongno.go.kr/wcms4/dong/index.jsp?dp=4 Samcheong-dong Resident office] *{{in lang|ko}} [http://www.jongno.go.kr/wcms4/page?pageId=290025133&C_290008854_290008855=%EC%82%BC%EC%B2%AD%EB%8F%99&C_290008854_0=290009417&C_290008854_290008853=%EC%82%BC%EC%B2%AD%EB%8F%99&LIST_PAGE_ID_290008854=270005366 Origin of Samcheong-dong name]{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} * [http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SH/SH_EN_7_4.jsp?cid=561239 Official site of Korea tourism on Samcheong-dong] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228043403/http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SH/SH_EN_7_4.jsp?cid=561239 |date=2019-12-28 }} {{Jongno District}} {{Seoul}}
Category:Neighborhoods of Jongno District Category:Tourist attractions in Seoul
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