Yangjae-dong

Yangjae-dong (Korean: 양재동) is a Dong (neighborhood) of Seocho District, Seoul, South Korea.^[1][2] Yangjae-dong is divided into 2 different dong which are Yangjae 1-dong and 2-dong.

Yangjae-dong
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	양재동
• Hanja	良才洞
• Revised Romanization	Yangjae-dong
• McCune–Reischauer	Yangjae-dong
Yangjae-dong within Seocho District
Country	South Korea
Area
• Total	13.34 km2 (5.15 sq mi)
Population  (2012)
• Total	53,783
• Density	4,000/km2 (10,000/sq mi)

Yangjae High School (YHS), part of Gangnam school district 8, is nearby Yangjae-dong and Torch Trinity Graduate University is located in Yangjae-dong.^[3]

History

• July 1, 1973 Change from Yeongdeungpo District to Seongdong District.
• October 1, 1975 Change from Seongdong District to Gangnam District.
• January 1, 1988 Change from Gangnam District to Seocho District
• 1992 Subdivided into Yangjae 1 and 2-dong.

Education

• High Schools
  • Yangjae High School
  • Eonnam High School
• Middle Schools
  • Eonnam Middle School
  • Rainbow International School
• Elementary Schools
  • Maeheon Elementary School
  • Yangjae Elementary School

Transportation

• Yangjae Station of and of      Shinbundang Line
• Yangjae Citizen's Forest Station of      Shinbundang Line
• Cheonggyesan Station of      Shinbundang Line

See also

• Administrative divisions of South Korea