Daegu, formerly spelled Taegu and officially Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in southeastern South Korea.
South Korea is made up of 22 first-tier administrative divisions: 6 metropolitan cities, 1 special city, 1 special self-governing city, and 14 provinces, including three special self-governing provinces and five claimed by the ROK government. These are further subdivided into a variety of smaller entities, including cities, counties, districts, towns, townships, neighborhoods and villages.
Buk District is a district in northwestern Daegu, South Korea. It adjoins Chilgok County on the north. The area is 93.99 km2. The population is about 444,923.
Dalseo District is a district in western Daegu, South Korea. It borders Dalseong County on the north, south, and west, and Seo-gu and Nam District on the east. It has a population of about 610,000, and an area of 62.27 square kilometers. The population rose dramatically in the 1990s, and has been approximately level since 2000.
Dong District is a gu (district) in northeastern part of Daegu of South Korea. Daegu city itself lies in the southeastern part of Korean Peninsula. It has a population of 343,678. The district covers 182.35 km², for about 20% of Daegu's total area.
Yeongdeungpo District is an administrative district in southwest Seoul, South Korea. Although the origin of the name is uncertain, the first two syllables are thought to be from "yeongdeung" (靈登) or "divine ascent", a shamanic rite. The third syllable is "po", representing the bank of a river (浦), referring to the district's position on the Han River. The 2006 population was 408,819.
Jung District is a gu, or district, covering the downtown area of Daegu, South Korea. It borders most of the other districts of Daegu, including Nam-gu to the south, Seo-gu to the west, Buk-gu to the north, and Dong-gu and Suseong-gu to the east. The northern border is formed by the Gyeongbu Line railroad, and the eastern border by the Sincheon stream.
A dong (Korean: 동) or neighborhood is a submunicipal level administrative unit of a city and of those cities which are not divided into wards throughout Korea. The unit is often translated as neighborhood and has been used in both administrative divisions of North Korea and South Korea.
Myeongdeok Station is a station of Metro Line 1 and Metro Line 3 in Namsan-dong, Jung District, Daegu, South Korea. On March 13, 2009, an entrance elevator was installed. There is connection track to the No. 2 subway line between Banwoldang station and Myeongdeok station.
Duryu Park (Korean: 두류공원) is a park located in Duryu-dong, Dalseo District, Daegu, South Korea. It was founded in 1965.
Gamsammot Park (Korean: 감삼못공원) is a park that is located in Daegu Seo-gu, South Korea. There was Gamsam-mot (Lake). The name is changed from Gamsam Park to Gamsammot Park in November 2010. The area is comparatively small to 16,332 m². There are Dalseong High School, Gyungun Middle School, Duryu Park etc. near the Gamsam park. It is close to the Duryu Station of Daegu Subway Line 2.
The Daegu Democracy Movement broke out February 28, 1960, ahead of the March 1960 South Korean presidential election during the period of Syngman Rhee's government, in resistance against his Liberal Party's dictatorship. After this movement, the 3.15 Masan democracy movement broke out, and the Daegu Democracy Movement became the main cause of the April Revolution.
Gamsam Station is a station of the Daegu Metro Line 2 in Gamsam-dong, Duryu-dong, Dalseo District, and Naedang-dong, Seo District, Daegu, South Korea.
Duryu Station is a station of the Daegu Metro Line 2 in Duryu-dong, Dalseo District, and Naedang-dong, Seo District, Daegu, South Korea.
Bangogae Station is a station of the Daegu Metro Line 2 in Naedang-dong, Seo District, and Duryu-dong, Dalseo District, Daegu, South Korea.
Gosan Station is a station of the Daegu Metro Line 2 in Siji-dong, Suseong District, Daegu, South Korea. While Siji-dong is a single legal dong, Gosan-dong is the administrative dong.
Beomeo Station is a station of the Daegu Metro Line 2 in Beomeo-dong, Suseong District, Daegu, South Korea. The Daegu Court and Public Prosecutor's Office are in the vicinity of the station.
The Daegu Chimac Festival is a yearly food festival in South Korea, hosted at Duryu Park in every July in Daegu, South Korea. "Chimac" refers to chimaek, meaning "chicken and beer".
Seo-myeon, also called Seo Township, is a myeon (township) in Suncheon, a city in the South Jeolla Province, South Korea. Name of the township means West Township, but it is located in the eastern part, not western part, of the city with a total area of 103.54 square kilometres (39.98 sq mi). The population was recorded to be 12346 people, 6141 males and 6205 females, and the number of houses totaled 4979. The township office is located in 94, Imchondong-gil in Dongsan-ri. There are Bonggang-myeon, Gwangyang in the east of the township, Seungju-eup in the west; Samsan-dong and Wangjo-dong in the south; Woldeung-myeon in the north-west; and Hwangjeon-myeon in the north.
