General Information

Welcome to Dongdaemun-gu

Population(as of Jan. 1, 2021)
167,598 households, 342,837 residents
[169,769 males, 173,068 females]
Area
14.25㎢ (2.35% of Seoul’s land area)
  • Residential Areas : 12.48㎢ (87.6%)
  • Semi-residential Areas : 0.56㎢ (3.9%)
  • Commercial Areas : 0.83㎢ (5.8%)
  • Green Areas : 0.38㎢ (2.7%)
Houses
150,074 units
Infrastructure
  • Roads : 327㎞
  • Sewage canals : 986㎞
  • Parks : 79
  • City gas : 189,035 depots
Major Facilities
  • Public facilities56 (15 administrative agencies, 26 police & fire stations, 14 post offices, 1 tax office)
  • Educational facilities82 (1 Office of Education, 4 universities, 49 elementary/middle/high schools, 28 kindergartens)
  • Welfare facilities548 (1 social, 296 elderly, 8 women, 200 infants, 33 children & adolescents, 1 multicultural, 9 disabled)
  • Medical facilities882 (4 general hospitals, 26 hospitals, 258 clinics, 149 dental clinics, 164 Korean medicine clinics, 281 pharmacies)
  • Local economy334 (20 markets, 1 department store, 2 hypermarkets, 267 factories, 44 gas stations and recharging stations)
  • Cultural facilities75 (5 museums, 1 cultural center, 3 exhibition centers, 7 public libraries, 21 small libraries, 4 university and college libraries, 4 fitness centers, 2 movie theaters, and 28 cultural properties)